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A Mirror of Palms 


BY 


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0 could the sire, renowned in glass, produce 
One faithful mirror for his daughter’s use ! 
Wherein she might hei' haughty errors trace, 
And by reflection leat n to mend her face: 

—Pope. 


CHICAGO: , 

Rand, McNally & Co., Publishers, 
1898. 




15924 


Copyright, 1898, by A. B. Stoddard. 


OCT 5-1888 






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PREFACE. 


The Mirror of Palms has been handed down to us 
through the ages, and like all others which nature is 
constantly presenting to our view, reflects only the 
truth, and yet when ignorance, prejudice, and bigotry 
intervene to obscure the vision, the image appears to 
be dimmed and distorted, and the mirror is condemned. 

By a thorough repolishing the author has endeavored 
to remove from its surface the blurs which mediaeval 
mysticism has left, and by a new and modern setting 
to render it more useful to the earnest searcher after 
truth. 

No claim to originality is made as regard the prin¬ 
ciples of the science presented in the following pages. 
Information has been freely drawn from works of reli¬ 
able authors, limited space alone preventing personal 
acknowledgement. 

This mirror is an ancient heir-loom which will con¬ 
tinue to descend from generation to generation so long 
as hidden causes in the invisible produce material effects 
in the visible world. When the smile of the infant fails 
to portray its innocence, when the tears of the grief 
stricken mother fail to disclose her bereavement, when 
effects fail to follow causes, then, in truth, will the 
Mirror of Palms be shattered. 
















A MIRROR OF PALMS. 


Palmistry comprises two branches: Chi- 
rognomy, which gives significance to the size, 
shape, and general appearance of the fingers, 
hand, and thumb; and Chiromancy, which 
treats of the palm, its developments and mark¬ 
ings. 

PART I.—THE FINGERS. 

INTERSTICES. 

When fingers fit so closely together that 
few or no spaces are discernible between 
them, the signification is secretiveness, 
avarice. 

When spaces between the fingers are 
many or wide, they denote inquisitive¬ 
ness, generosity. 

JOINTS 

between the phalanges of the fingers are 
either developed or smooth. 

Developed joints form bulges at the sides of 
the fingers. 




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FINGERS. 


JOINTS (continued). 

Developed (both joints) indicate fond¬ 
ness for analysis and inquiry, calculation 
and reflection. 

Developed (first joints) indicate order in 
ideas, disposition to doubt, to examine, 
to reason. 

Developed (second joints) indicate order 
in practice, system, punctuality. 

Smooth joints do not form bulges, or pro¬ 
trude so as to interfere with the straight 
outlines of the fingers. They indicate 
intuition, impressionability, acts con¬ 
trolled by impulse or instinct, rather than 
by knowledge or reason. 

LENGTH (in proportion to the palm). 

Equal:—an equal balance between instinct 
and reason, minutiae and the whole. 

Long:—executive ability, talent for analysis 
and detail, aptitude for doing small 
things well, strong spirit of criticism and 
contradiction. 

Short:—synthetical talent, keen percep¬ 
tions, hasty conclusions, impulsive man¬ 
ners, dislike for contention and contra¬ 
diction. 



FINGERS. 


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LENGTH (with relation to each other). 

Index finger long:—ambition, dictation. 

Index finger short:—lack of ambition, 
aversion to responsibility. 

Middle finger long:—deliberation, caution, 
morbidity. 

Third finger long:—desire for publicity, a 
venturesome disposition, gambling pro¬ 
pensities. 

Third finger short:—ambition in excess of 
talents. 

Fourth finger long:—power of expression 
in speech, ability to influence others. 

Fourth finger short:—rapidity in reaching 
conclusions. With straight Head Line:— 
terseness of expression. 

PHALANGES. 

Each finger has three phalanges: 

First or nail phalanx, which represents the 
spiritual nature. 

Second phalanx, which represents the men¬ 
tal nature. 

Third phalanx, which represents the mate¬ 
rial nature. 

Fingers flat at the nail-phalanges signify 
lack of sympathy. Fleshy pads on the 


4 


FINGERS. 


inside of the nail-phalanges signify ex¬ 
treme sensitiveness, sympathy, and tact 
through dislike for causing pain. 

Fingers with third phalanges slender de¬ 
note unselfishness, fondness for dainty 
food and raiment. Third phalanges thick 
and full denote fondness for the material 
things of life, selfishness. 

Fingers in general have the second pha¬ 
langes somewhat longer than the first, 
and the third phalanges somewhat longer 
than the second. Any marked deviation 
from this proportion is significant. 

First phalanges relatively long:—spiritual 
attributes dominate the life. 

Second phalanges relatively long:—love of 
reason rules. 

Third phalanges relatively long:—material 
instincts govern. 

The reverse is true of relatively short pha¬ 
langes. 

VARIETIES (of fingers). 

Stiff and straight:—a practical and gener¬ 
ally an unyielding disposition. 

Stiff and contracted inward :—excessive 
caution, prudence, stubbornness, avarice. 



FINGER S. 


5 


VARIETIES (of fingers)—continued. 

Supple, bending back:—talkative disposi¬ 
tion, inquisitiveness, extravagance. 

Supple, curling toward the palm:—conven¬ 
tionality, timidity. 

Twisted or crooked:—a mocking disposi¬ 
tion. With other unfavorable indica¬ 
tions :—a distorted nature, cruelty. 

FINGER NAILS. 

The nails should be studied in connection 
with the Hepatica. Indications of disease sig¬ 
nified by them must be corroborated else¬ 
where in the hand. If contradicted by a 
strong Life Line, merely a tendency toward 
disease is indicated. 

COLOR. 

Blue and mottled:—weak action of the 
heart. 

Dark-toned or livid :—falsehood, treachery. 

Pale:—a cold nature, physical weakness. 

Pink:—hasty temper. 

Red :—violent nature. 

White, with a tendency to pinkness:—sen¬ 
sitiveness. 


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FINGER NAILS. 


VARIETIES. 

Almond-shaped nails denote a mild disposi¬ 
tion, cheerfulness. 

Brittle:—delicate health. 

4 Broader than long:—meddlesome disposi¬ 
tion, pugnacity, obstinacy. 

Filbert-shaped:—consumption. 

Flat, blue and with little or no moons:— 
weak action of the heart. 

Flat, much sunken in the flesh:—nervous 
ailments. 

Large:—sound, unbiased judgment. 

Large moons denote good circulation. 
Abnormally large, they indicate excessive 
circulation, palpitation. 

Long:—gentle nature, mild disposition, less 
physical strength than is signified by 
short nails. 

Long, narrow and curved, with consider¬ 
able flesh on each side of the nail:—spinal 
trouble. 

Long, thick and curved :—cruelty, ferocity. 

Round:—a luxurious nature, quickly 
aroused to anger and as quickly appeased. 

Round and rough:—large capacity for at¬ 
tachment. 


FINGER NAILS. 


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VARIETIES (continued). 

Short:—fondness for argument, criticism, 
and contradiction, keen sense of humor, 
skepticism. 

Short from biting:—a nervous, worrying 
disposition. 

Short, flat and lifted up at the edges:—par¬ 
alysis. 

Short, fluted or much curved :—tendency to 
consumption. 

small (Very):—heart disease. 

Square and short:—pugnacity. Square in¬ 
stead of rounded at the base :—passionate 
disposition, ungovernable temper. 

Strong:—good health. 

Thin :—delicate health. 

Triangle-shaped :—weakness of the nervous 
system, which is liable to culminate in 
paralysis. 


PART II.—THE HAND. 


CONSISTENCY. 

The consistency of the hand (its hardness 
or softness) is determined by pressing the 
palm. Indications which signify energy 
and activity in a hard hand, in a soft hand 
simply denote pleasure in witnessing the 
activity of others. 

Talents or aptitudes indicated in a soft 
hand signify an appreciation of or fond¬ 
ness for the arts or sciences, rather than 
the power to succeed in them. 

People whose hands are firm or hard en¬ 
joy physical activity, and though en¬ 
dowed with only a moderate degree of 
talent, often win greater success (through 
inherent perseverance) than those much 
more gifted, whose hands are soft. 

Mental activity is characteristic of people 
with soft hands, while physical activity is 
a second nature to people whose hands 
are hard. 



HAND. 


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CONSISTENCY (continued). 

Firm, yet elastic hands denote an evenly 
balanced mind, quick intellect, apprecia¬ 
tion and energy. 

Hard hands:—genuine affection, endur¬ 
ance, perseverance, and love of manual 
labor. 

Soft hands:—tenderness in affection, fond¬ 
ness for ease and luxury, love of the mar¬ 
vellous, imagination, ideality, dislike for 
physical exertion. 

Very hard or very soft hands:—disorder 
and demoralization of characteristics sig¬ 
nified by the type to which the hands 
belong. 

SIZE. 

Average hands indicate good, practical 
common sense, and healthy, but moder¬ 
ate imagination. 

Large hands indicate fondness for details, 
special observance of etiquette, and an¬ 
noyance at little breaches of courtesy. 

Small hands indicate synthetical talent, 
proneness to entertain exaggerated ideas 
and to make extensive plans; disposition 
to be easily pleased and not offended. 


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HAND 


TYPE. 

The type of a hand is determined by the 
shape of the palm, finger tips, and thumb, 
and by their general appearance. 

A pure type of hand is rarely seen. It is 
usual to find two or more types represented 
in one hand. Care must be taken to dis¬ 
criminate between the combination of two 
distinct types, and the hand so indefinite in 
shape as to resemble no distinct type, or the 
hand with fingers so varied in shape as to re¬ 
semble several types, and called “mixed.” 
The appellation “mixed hand” has a vague 
signification and implies doubtful success, 
while the combination of certain distinct 
types is the foundation for certain abilities 
and assured success. 

THERE ARE SEVEN TYPES OF 

HANDS. 


CONIC. 

Description :—palm supple and of moderate 
size, fingers full at the base, with smooth 
joints and conical tips, nails rather long, 
thumb small, mounts well developed, 


HAND. 


ii 


Head Line gradually sloping to Mount 
Luna. 

CONIC (continued). 

Signification :—an artistic temperament, 
keen sensitiveness to surroundings, im¬ 
pulsiveness, intuition, enthusiasm, gen¬ 
eral but superficial knowledge because of 
lack of application and dislike for study, 
quick temper, changeability in friendship 
and affection, intense dislike for the rou¬ 
tine of domestic life. 

ELEMENTARY. 

Description:—palm large, thick, clumsy, 
and hard, usually longer than the fin¬ 
gers, and with few lines, often no Fate 
Line, fingers short, thick, and stiff, nails 
broad, thumb short and slightly turned 
back, Head Line short, straight and 
heavy. 

Signification:—a material nature, little 
mental capacity, lack of self control and 
courage, inability to rise above misfor¬ 
tune or affliction, barely sufficient instinct 
to labor for the necessities of life, no 
imagination, no aspiration. 


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HAND. 


MIXED. 

Description:—palm and fingers so indefi¬ 
nite, or so varied in shape, as to defy 
classification. 

Signification:—ability to do a number of 
things equally well, restlessness, lack of 
continuity, a tendency to quickly tire of 
any place or occupation. 

Always carefully consider the Head Line 
in this type, for if it be strong, its pos¬ 
sessor will recognize his strongest apti¬ 
tude or best talent and will exercise or 
cultivate it, whereas if the Head Line be 
weak, he will be content with mediocrity 
in a. number of vocations rather than de¬ 
sirous of excellence in any particular one. 
PHILOSOPHIC. 

Description:—palm long and angular, fin¬ 
gers long, bony, and with developed 
joints, rounded tips, long nails, and 
second phalanges relatively long, thumb 
large, with phalanges of almost equal 
length, head Line long, sloping, and 
closely connected with the Life Line. 

Signification:—eccentric, unconventional 


HAND. 


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nature, studious, analytical bent of mind, 
skepticism (unless reason be satisfied), 
love of truth and reality, fondness for 
mystery, lack of acquisitiveness. 
PSYCHIC. 

Description:—palm long and narrow, fin¬ 
gers slender, smooth and delicately 
pointed at the tips, first phalanges rela¬ 
tively long, and third phalanges relatively 
thick, nails almond shaped, thumb small, 
Head Line extremely sloping. 

Signification:—a spiritual, visionary, con¬ 
fiding nature, innate devotion to a cause 
or to faith, idealism, keenness of intuition, 
love of ease and luxury, no conception of 
business. 

SPATULATE. 

Description :—palm unusually broad, either 
at the wrist or at the base of the fingers, 
fingers long, and broad at the tips like a 
spatula, thumb large and firm, Head Line 
long and slightly sloping. 

Signification :—an active, self reliant nature, 
courage, energy, originality, intolerance 
of restraint, tenacity of opinions, admira- 


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HAND. 


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tion for stupendous rather than artistic ef¬ 
fects, fondness for animals, athletic 
sports, travel, and war, forcible language, 
readiness to fight for one’s own rights. 

SQUARE. 

Description :—palm square, slightly hollow, 
and firm, fingers square or rounded at the 
tips, nails square, thumb large, Head 
Line long and straight. 

Signification :—a practical, conventional 
nature, great respect for law, order and 
symmetry, skepticism with regard to 
matters not understood or felt, love of 
home, fondness for the exact sciences and 
practical studies, little originality or 
imagination, lack of adaptability and ver¬ 
satility. 





a Ascending, 
b Descending. 


2. Broken Lines. 



7. Islanded Lines. 



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8. Squares on Lines 




3. Capillary Lines. 9. Sister Lines. 



6. Forked Lines. 12. Wavy Lines. 


Line Formations. 










































PART III.—THE LINES. 


Lines present three aspects: with regard 
to events, with regard to disposition, with 
regard to health. 

One signification is not sufficient to 
establish a fact . There must be corrobo¬ 
ration , and both hands should be in¬ 
spected before a final decision is given. 

Indistinct or indefinite markings are 
never significant. They must be plain to 
be important. 

Clearly traced, evenly colored, uncrossed, 
unbroken lines are favorable in significa¬ 
tion. 

Faintly traced, irregularly colored, broken, 
crossed, wavy lines are the reverse. 

BRANCHES. 

Ascending from any line intensify the pro¬ 
pitious indications of the line. 

Descending from any line detract from the 
favorable significance of the line. 

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LINES 


COLOR. 

Livid or pale:—melancholy, revengeful na¬ 
ture. 

Pale:—lymphatic temperament, effemi¬ 

nacy. 

Pale and broad:—defects of the character¬ 
istics attributed to the line. 

Red :—sanguine, cheerful nature. To ex¬ 
cess :—violent nature. 

Unevenly colored:—fitful temper, variable 
health. 

Yellow:—reserved, self reliant nature, ten¬ 
dency to biliousness and internal ail¬ 
ments. 

NUMBER. 

Few lines in a palm denote a calm nature, 
an even disposition. 

Many lines indicate mental disturbance or 
ill health. In a soft hand:—an extremely 

sensitive nature. In a hard hand:—an 
energetic, excitable, quarrelsome disposi¬ 
tion. 

CHILD LINE. 

The Child Line is a fine upright line 
which touches or crosses the Marriage 


LINES. 


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Line. The distance between the lines 
(representing- children) signifies the num¬ 
ber of years between the dates of birth, 
the dates being reckoned from the out¬ 
side toward the middle of the palm. 
Should one line be longer or much more 
plainly traced than the others, one child 
is more important for some reason, or 
more dearly loved than the others. 

Broad lines represent boys. 

Fine or narrow lines represent girls. 

Islanded lines:—delicate children. 

Leaning lines (leaning toward the Percus¬ 
sion) :—children with roving disposi¬ 
tions. 

Long lines, reaching to the base of the fin¬ 
ger of Mercury :—ambitious children. 
Reaching to the Heart Line:—children 
who are a comfort to their parents. De¬ 
scending to Mount Mars:—children with 
strong individuality, who do not readily 
submit to government and who do not 
live amicably with their parents. 

Short lines:—miscarriages, or children that 
die at birth. 

Wavy lines:—unhealthy children. 

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FATE LINE. 

The Fate Line is the upright line, in the 
middle of the palm, which naturally ter¬ 
minates upon Mount Saturn. 

It relates to success or failure in one’s 
vocation, and to opposition or obstacles 
in one’s career. 

Events occurring during the first 30 or 35 
years of one’s life are marked on this line 
from its commencement to the Head 
Line: Events occurring during the next 

15 years :— from the Head to the Heart 
Line: Events occurring during the re¬ 
maining years:— from the Heart Line to 
the termination. 

The Fate Line is shorter and usually, 
less plainly marked in Elementary, 
Square, and Spatulate hands than in other 
types, and has much greater significance 

when loyg or strongly marked in the 

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LINE OF FA TE. 


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types named, than when similarly marked 
in others. 

Absent, the signification is:—an uneventful, 
commonplace career. 

Absent, but a strong Head Line:—success 
through strength of mentality. 

Absent, but a favorably traced Sun Line:— 
superficial display in the manner of living 
rather than solidity of financial basis. 

Chained or made up of crosses:—struggles, 
a precarious career. 

corkscrew (Resembling a) :—misfortune 
while this formation lasts. 

Double, both lines commencing at about 
the same place, one curving toward the 
Life Line, the other toward Mount 
Luna:—dissatisfaction with self and sur¬ 
roundings, inclinations and ambitions not 
in harmony with one’s vocation. 

A line from the Life Line to Mount Sat¬ 
urn, parallel to the Fate Line, is consid¬ 
ered a second Fate Line and greatly 
strengthens the significations of the main 
line. 


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LINE OF FATE . 


Double, two distinct lines:—two distinct 
careers. 

Double, two distinct lines, with two Influ¬ 
ence lines, parallel to the Life Line, on 
Mount Venus:—two marriages. 

Irregular in its course and deeply traced (in 
a palm covered with fine lines):—extreme 
sensitiveness, excitability, and impati¬ 
ence. 

Leaving its normal position in the middle 
of the palm and curving toward Mount 
Luna:—a restless, changeable disposi¬ 
tion, an unsettled, eventful career. 

Leaving its normal course and curving 
toward Mount Venus:—the affections 
are dominant over material interests 
causing one to sacrifice himself to others. 

Long, clearly traced, uncrossed, unbroken, 
the Fate Line presages unusual success 
and prosperity. 

Long and very strongly traced, with other 
indications favorable:—probabilities of 
success strengthened. With other indi¬ 
cations unfavorable:—misfortune intensi¬ 
fied. 


LINE OF FATE, 


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Short, faintly traced or broken:—reverses, 
ill luck, unattained ambitions. 

Short, terminating before it reaches its own 
mount (Saturn):—doubtful success. 

strongly traced (More) than other lines:— 
eccentricity, lack of adaptability which 
causes one to lead a somewhat isolated 
life. 

Strongly traced from the very commence¬ 
ment at the wrist:—strong individuality, 
early development of character, respon¬ 
sibility assumed at an early age. 

Twisted:—unhappiness, ill health due to 
excesses. 

Wavy, with little lines clinging to it:—un¬ 
happiness, misfortune. 

ATTENDED. 

With a line from Mount Venus, which 
acts as a Sister Line to the Fate Line 
and ascends Mount Saturn parallel to it: 
—wealth due to personal effort and the 
encouragement of a relative or friend. 
With a line on the side next to the Life 
Line :—a stanch friendship. 





22 


LINE OF FATE. 


ATTENDED (continued), 
absorbed (And) by a line from Mount 
Luna:—one’s own career submerged in 
that of an other. 

united (And) with a line from Mount Luna: 
—influence or assistance of one of the 
opposite sex, in one’s career, 
united (And) with a line (from Mount 
Luna), which is crossed (before it reaches 
the Fate Line) by a line from Mount 
Venus:—family opposition to one’s mar¬ 
riage, or obstacles in the way of it. 
united (And) with a line from Mount Luna, 
said line ascending to Mount Sun:— 
wealth or position through marriage, 
united or crossed (And), then accompanied 
for a distance, with a line from Mount 
Luna:—marriage (if a Marriage Line, 
also, be plainly marked in the palm). The 
junction of the lines gives the date of 
union. 

With this line from Mount Luna ascend¬ 
ing on the Jupiter side of the Fate Line: 
—marriage with an ambitious person. 
With it ascending on the Sun side of the 
Fate Line:—a most happy marriage. 


LINE OF FA TE. 


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ATTENDED (continued). 

united (But not) with a line from Mount 
Luna:—a love affair but not an engage¬ 
ment. 

BRANCHES ASCENDING 

denote improvement in circumstances, 
new ventures or different lines of the 
main business. 

Heart Line (To the):—love episodes not 
ending in marriage. 

Mercury (To Mount):—dramatic genius. 

Sun (To Mount):—partnership. 

BRANCHES DESCENDING:—reverses,losses. 

BROKEN. 

Continuing at once and ascending to 
Mount Jupiter:—a second marriage at 
the date of break. 

overlapping (The pieces) and continuing at 
once :—an unfortunate event, after 
which, matters are arranged more in ac¬ 
cordance with one’s wishes, provided the 
line terminate in a favorable manner. 

Plain of Mars (In The):—struggles, re¬ 
verses. 

Repeatedly, the entire line in sections:— 
successive losses, an unsettled career. 


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LINE OF FATE. 


BROKEN (continued). 

With widowhood shown by the Marriage 
Line, and a Sun Line commencing at a 
point corresponding to the date of the 
break in the Fate Line:—money through 
the death of one’s husband. 
COMMENCING. 

Head Line (At the):—success dependent 
upon mental calibre. 

Head Line (At the) then circling toward 
Mount Saturn:—a laborious life beset 
with difficulties and disadvantages. 

Heart Line (At the):—whatever success is 
achieved comes late in life, after many 
struggles. 

Life Line (At the):—personal effort is the 
main factor of success. 

Luna (On Mount):—success more or less 
dependent upon the assistance of others, 
a restless, eventful life, prospective travel. 

Plain of Mars (In The):—success beset with 
difficulties. With corroborations :—exile. 

Quadrangle (In The) the signification is the 
same as that commencing at the Head 
Line. The traditional signification is:— 




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25 

imprisonment, sorrow. If terminating 
upon the finger of Saturn:—death in 
prison. 

COMMENCING (continued). 

Rascette (Below The):—a life of intense 
grief. 

Venus (On Mount):—unsatisfied yearning 
for affection, constant struggle between 
ambition and duty, marriage with one’s 
exact opposite in tastes and temperament. 

CROSSED BY A LINE. 

Curving downward at its termination :—op¬ 
position discontinued or enmity over¬ 
come at the time the line curves down¬ 
ward. With an island at the termination 
of this cross line:—ruin falls upon the 
person who instigated the opposition. 

Head Line (From the):—annoyance due to 
lawsuits or literary enterprises. 

Heart Line (From the):—financial embar¬ 
rassment caused by an entanglement 
with one of the opposite sex. 

Luna (From Mount):—a broken engage¬ 
ment. If corroborated :—overindul¬ 

gence in intoxicating drinks. 



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•CROSSED BY A LINE (continued). 

Mars (From Mount):—annoyance in busi¬ 
ness caused through malice. 

Venus (From Mount), said line crossing to 
Mount Luna:—misfortune through in¬ 
terference of one of the opposite sex. 

Venus (From the base of Mount) :—strong, 
amorous passion. 

The Fate Line crossed by many lines:— 
success hindered by obstacles and con¬ 
tinued opposition. 

FORKED. 

At the commencement:—an unsettled 
childhood, a path in life which demands 
a sacrifice of either duty or aspirations. 

At the commencement, one prong of the 
fork crossing to Mount Venus:—travel 
under the questionable protection of one 
of the opposite sex. 

SIGNS (With). 

Cross:—a critical change in one's affairs, a 
struggle, a disappointment. 

Cross on the line in The Plain of Mars:— 
certain misfortune. Near the line, on the 
side next to the Life Line:—opposition 
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Mount Luna :—disappointment in a jour¬ 
ney. (According to some authors:—a 
prosperous journey). 

SIGNS (With)—continued. 

Island, in general:—loss, failure, immoral¬ 
ity or disgrace. 

Island at the commencement of the line:— 
mystery, or some unusual event con¬ 
nected with one's birth. With extreme 
malformation of the line:—illegitimacy. 

Island in the line, with one also on Mount 
Venus extending to Mount Saturn :—loss 
of chastity. 

Island, strongly corroborated by unfortu¬ 
nate indications:—a culpable attach¬ 
ment, conjugal infidelity. Should a star 
accompany the island:—loss of character 
and great misfortune. 

Spot:—danger of an accident or wound. 

Square:—protection from losses or failure 
in business. 

Square touching the Fate Line in The Plain 
of Mars:—danger of accident in home 
life. Touching the Fate Line on the side 
next to Mount Luna:—danger of acci¬ 
dent in travel. 


28 


LINE OF FA TE. 


SIGNS (With)—continued. 

Star at the commencement of the line:—a 
catastrophe, financial loss, or death of a 
parent during one’s childhood. With a 
star also on Mount Venus:—financial 
loss through the death of a parent. 

TERMINATING. 

blending (By) with the Heart Line:—one’s 
career submerged in his affections. 

cross (In a), with a grille on Mount Mer¬ 
cury:—violent death. 

faggot (In a) or endless number of little 
lines:—success prevented because of too 
many business interests. 

fork (In a), one prong of which crosses to 
Mount Mars:—disaster through the in¬ 
fluence of one of the opposite sex. 

Head Line (At the):—a shock, error of de¬ 
cision, reverses due to mistaken views. 
With Llead Line short:—failure in busi¬ 
ness. With Life Line bifurcated:—fail¬ 
ure of mind. 

Heart Line (At the):—one’s entire life 
ruined through the affections. If cor¬ 
roborated :—heart disease. 



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29 


TERMINATING (continued). 

island (In an):—failure in business, irre¬ 
trievable loss. 

Saturn (On Mount), then crossing to 
Mount Jupiter:—unusual success and 
distinction, gratified ambition. 

star (In a) with one also on Mount Luna:— 
tendency to commit suicide. 

star (In a) with one also at the termination 
of the Life Line :—paralysis. 

star (In a) on the finger of Saturn:—an 
heroic career ending in violence or crime. 

Sun (On Mount):—celebrity, wealth, or a 
career involving much publicity. 

turning down and away (By) after reaching 
the Heart Line:—disaster through the 
affections. 

GIRDLE OF VENUS. 

The Girdle of Venus commences between 
the fingers of Jupiter and Saturn, curves 
toward the Heart Line and terminates 
between the fingers of the Sun and Mer¬ 
cury. 



30 


LINE , THE GIRDLE. 


GIRDLE OF VENUS (continued). 

Broken and in many, confused pieces, it de¬ 
notes sensuality. Double or triple, as 
well as broken :—immorality and deprav¬ 
ity intensified. 

Clearly traced, well colored, the Girdle indi¬ 
cates an intense, energetic, sensitive but 
exacting nature, wit, versatility and 
changeable moods. 

Crossed by a number of short lines:—mel¬ 
ancholy, hysteria, especially with Mounts 
Venus and Luna excessively developed. 

Crossed near Mount Sun by a deep line 
from the Percussion :—unhappiness. 

Crossed by a short, deep line below Mount 
Sun:—reverses due to the opposite sex, 
loss of money through dissipation. 

Leaving its normal course and wandering 
off upon Mount Jupiter:—erratic con¬ 
duct prevents one from realizing his am¬ 
bitions. 

Leaving its normal course and wandering 
off upon Mount Mercury:—energy in 
every undertaking. Coming in contact 
with the Marriage Line :—unhappiness in 


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LINE , THE GIRDLE. 31 

marriage in consequence of a capricious, 
exacting disposition. 

Pale, the Girdle denotes dissipation. 

With a red Line of Mars and abnormal de¬ 
velopments of Mount Venus and Mount 
Luna:—profligacy of the worst kind. 

HEAD LINE. 

The Head Line relates to the capacity 
and power of the mental faculties, to the 
drift and aim of the talents and endow¬ 
ments, to the temperament and disposi¬ 
tion, and to the physical condition of the 
brain. 

Absent, the signification is dull intellect, 
constitutional brain trouble, congenital 
idiocy. 

Absorbing the Heart Line and occupying 
the normal position of that line:—abnor¬ 
mal propensities for crime, murderous 
tendencies. 

Attended for some distance with another 
line forming a long, narrow island:—se¬ 
vere mental strain. 


32 


LINE OF HEAD 


Chained or linked:—lack of continuity of 
thought, indecision, worries, nervous 
headaches, neuralgia of the head. 

Cutting through the Heart Line and curv¬ 
ing to Mount Saturn:—death resulting 
from a wound in the head, concussion of 
the brain. 

Descending to join the Life Line:—great 
solicitude for money, mental lassitude, 
misfortune. 

Double, two parallel lines:—enormous 
brain power, versatility, wealth through 
inheritance. 

Double, two diverse lines:—two distinct 
lines of thought or study, dissatisfaction 
with one’s surroundings, and desire for a 
different position in life. 

Faintly traced, thread-like:—faithlessness, 
treachery. 

Formed of curved or confused lines:—cha¬ 
otic state of mind, distorted ideas, insan¬ 
ity. 

Formed of islands and hair lines:—severe 
pains in the head, brain disease. With 


LINE OF HEAD. 


33 


fluted nails, curved at the top:—con¬ 
sumption. 

Formed of short lines, with gaps between 
the lines:—impaired memory, temporary 
loss of mind. 

High in the palm, close to the Heart Line: 
—a material nature, sentiments subordi¬ 
nated to ideas, weak action of the heart. 

Knotted :—murderous tendencies. 

Low in the palm, closely connected with 
the Life Line :—extreme sensitiveness, 
utter lack of self confidence. 

Pale, broad:—weak intellect, lack of appli¬ 
cation and circumspection. 

Parallel to the Life Line for its entire 
length :—great depression of spirits, brain 
disease, suicidal tendencies. 

Split, made up of many fine lines:—mania, 
insanity. 

Turning back toward the thumb after 
reaching the middle of the palm:—ego¬ 
tism, cowardice, thwarted ambition, an 
utterly distorted mentality. 

Unequal in width and depth:—vacillating 
disposition, fitful temper. 


34 


LINE OF HEAD. 


Wavy or tortuous:—perverted ideas, unreli¬ 
able character, brain disease. 

BRANCH ASCENDING TO. 

Heart Line (The) at its termination:—an 
infatuation which makes one oblivious to 
all else. 

Jupiter (The finger of):—excessive vanity, 
pride of self easily wounded. 

Jupiter (Mount):—pride, ambition for 
power, money from appointments gained 
through the influence of friends. 

Jupiter (Mount) and terminating in a cross: 
—thwarted ambition. Terminating in a 
star:—unusual success in everything at¬ 
tempted. 

Jupiter (Mount) then crossing to Mount 
Saturn :—religious fanaticism. 

Mercury (Mount) :—commercial or scien¬ 
tific bent of mind, shrewdness in business. 
With evil indications elsewhere in the 
hand:—duplicity and cunning. 

Saturn (Mount):—legacies, financial suc¬ 
cesses. 

Sun (Mount) :—desire for wealth, publicity, 
celebrity. 



LINE OF HEAD. 


35 


BRANCHES DESCENDING. 

In great numbers:—severe headaches. 

Life Line (To the)brain disease. 

Venus (To Mount):—ignoble desires, de¬ 
grading tendencies. 

BROKEN. 

Saturn (Under Mount):—an accident, a 
wound, loss of a member (finger, arm, 
etc.) When there is also a cross inside 
The Triangle, and the Life Line termin¬ 
ates abruptly:—capital punishment. 

When the line (broken) slopes to an ex¬ 
cessively developed Mt. Luna :—insanity. 

sections (In) with short nails, and a cross in 
The Plain of Mars, the ends of the cross 
terminating in dots :—epilepsy. 

Sun (Under Mount):—danger of accident 
through quadrupeds, defective eyesight, 
an injury affecting the eyes. 

COMMENCING. 

curve (In a) around the thumb and crossing 
the entire palm:—extravagant conceit. 

fork (In a) one prong upon Mount Jupiter, 
the other inside of the Life Line:—unlim¬ 
ited ambition and extreme caution. 


36 LINE OF HEAD . 

COMMENCING (continued). 

island (In an) at the Life Line:—brain 
fever. 

Jupiter (Upon Mount):—boundless ambi¬ 
tion and determination of purpose, ex¬ 
ceptional ability to command. 

Life Line (At the) under Mount Saturn:— 
neglect of early education, tardy develop¬ 
ment of brain. If also sloping to Mount 
Luna, with a poorly formed Heart Line: 
—an obstinate, quarrelsome disposition. 

Life Line (Away from the) under Mount 
Saturn:—serious trouble with the eyes. 
With Lines of Heart and Life short:— 
sudden death. 

Mars (On Lower Mount) :—sensitiveness, 
irritability, constant conflict with one’s 
neighbors. 

outside of the hand (On the) curving 
toward the Heart Line under Mount Sat¬ 
urn, then resuming its normal position: 
—misfortune in affection. 

Saturn (Under Mount), without branches: 
—short life, sudden death. 


LINE OF HEAD. 


37 


CROSSED BY SHORT LINES. 

At several points:—worries, headaches, ill¬ 
nesses. 

commencement (At the) :—diseased limbs. 

middle (In the):—dishonesty. 

termination (At the):—wounds in the head 
or throat. 

Wav y or curved :—distorted ideas, insanity. 

CURVING TOWARD HEART LINE. 

crossing it (And) at the termination:—de¬ 
termination to secure money at any cost. 
The criminal’s Head Line. 

falling abruptly (Then) to the Life Line:— 
disappointment in love, an engagement 
never fulfilled. 

Mingling with it at the termination :—an af¬ 
fection so intense, or an infatuation so 
strong that it is liable to culminate in 
insanity. 

Saturn (Under Mount) though normal in 
position elsewhere:—periods of depres¬ 
sion, liability to commit suicide under 
great mental strain or calamity. 

termination (At the):—reason dominated 
by affection, an unworldly character. 







38 LINE OF HEAD. 

CURVING TOWARD HEART LINE (cont’d). 

With the Head Line wavy or tortuous:— 
indecision of character, unreliability, dan¬ 
ger of brain ailments, insanity. 

With the Hepatica touching the Life Line: 

• —tendency to fainting fits. 

FORKED AT THE COMMENCEMENT 
—See Head Line—“Commencing.” 

FORKED AT THE TERMINATION. 

Generally :—more or less double nature, 
love of argument and controversy, talent 
for embellishment and description. With 
ends of the fork irregular:—a tendency 
toward trickery. With other evil indica¬ 
tions :—lying and deceit. 

Heart Line (One prong crossing to the) the 
other descending to Mount Luna:—sac¬ 
rifice of all things to an affection. With 
the Fate Line terminating at the Lleart 
Line :—disaster as a result of the sacrifice. 

left hand only (In the):—inherited charac¬ 
teristics of both parents. 

Luna (One prong crossing to Mount) the 
other extending straight across the palm: 
—ability to make practical use of the 





LINE OF HEAD. 


39 


imaginative faculties, an equal blending 
of idealism and realism. 

FORKED AT THE TERMINATION (cont’d). 

Luna (Upon Mount), the line itself, separ¬ 
ated from the Life Line at the com¬ 
mencement :—falsehood, deception. 

Mars (E T pon Mount), the line itself, separ¬ 
ated from the Life Line at the commence¬ 
ment :—a fairly well balanced nature until 
thoroughly aroused, then look out—a 
sleeping tiger. 

Sun (One prong crossing to Mount), the 
other to Mount Luna:—great desire for 
publicity and wealth. 

JOINED TO THE HEART LINE. 

In general:—misfortune. 

At the commencement:—subservience of 
reason to passion, mental fatigue to be 
avoided. In both hands, with Fate Line 
terminating at the Head Line:—sudden 
death. 

By a line which loses itself in the Heart 
Line:—an infatuation which causes sor¬ 


row. 



4 ° 


LINE OF HEAD. 


JOINED TO THE LINES OF HEART AND 
LIFE—See Life Line—“Joined.” 

JOINED TO THE LIFE LINE—See Life 
Line—“Joined.” 

JOINED TO THE HEPATICA. 

By a star:—difficulty in childbearing. 
With the Life Line lying close to the 
thumb:—childlessness. 

LONG. 

In general:—mental capacity, self control, 
memory. 

Extending in a straight line to the Percus¬ 
sion :—great tenacity of opinions, over cal¬ 
culation, excessive reasoning habit, perse¬ 
verance. With the line thread like and fine: 
—selfishness, avariciousness, partially coun¬ 
terbalanced if the hand be soft. 

SHORT. 

In general:—ability to see but one side of a 
question. 

< 

Not reaching the Fate Line:—mental af¬ 
fection, cessation of intelligence, prema¬ 
ture death. 

Terminating in the middle of the palm:—a 
material nature, impetuosity, lack of con- 






LINE OF HEAD. 


4i 


centration, tendency to lose one’s pres¬ 
ence of mind in time of danger. With 
short fingers:—want of tact. 

SHORT (continued). 

With excessive developments of Mount Ve¬ 
nus and Mount Luna, and undeveloped 
Mount Jupiter:—incurable laziness. 

With Life Line long:—intolerance, narrow 
mindedness, inability to put one’s self in 
an other’s place. 

SIGNS (With). 

Circle, with a cross high up on the Hepa- 
tica:—blindness. 

Circle and spot on the line under Mount 
Saturn:—blindness. 

Circle, with the line sloping to Mount 
Luna :—death by drowning. 

Cross:—a wound or accident, fatal if the 
line be broken, or if it be wavy and ex¬ 
cessively sloping. 

Cross, with the lines of both Head and 
Heart terminating at the Fate Line:— 
premature death. 

Depressions or dents in the line:—depres¬ 
sion of spirits, nervous shocks. 


42 


LINE OF HEAD. 


SIGNS (With)—continued. 

Island, in general:—an illness in which one 
has been delirious, acutely sensitive 
nerves, inherited brain trouble, neuralgia 
in the head. 

Island in the line under Mount Jupiter:— 
pain in the frontal portion of the head. 
Under Mount Saturn:—pain at the base 
of the brain. With flat nails:—paralysis. 
Under Mount Sun:—sunstroke, rush of 
blood to the head. 

Island in the line under Mount Saturn, the 
line an excessively sloping one:—great 
depression of spirits, insanity. With a 
line from Mount Saturn descending to 
this island :—sudden depression, 
spots (Dark) on the line under Mount Jupi¬ 
ter:—deafness. 

spots (White) :—successes in science, litera¬ 
ture, invention, or discovery, 
spots (Black):—severe headaches, fevers, 
ailments of a nervous order, 
spot (A black) on the line, connected by a 
line with a star on Mount Venus:—a 
never forgotten love sorrow, 
spot (A black) on the line, connected by a 




LINE OF HEAD. 


43 


line with a star on Mount Luna, or with 
a line from the base of the Life Line 
crossing to a star on Mount Luna:—de¬ 
lirium tremens. 

SIGNS (With)—continued. 

spot (A) on the line where a Journey Line 
meets or crosses it:—danger to the head, 
or a malady contracted while on a jour¬ 
ney. 

spot (A) on the line where a line from 
Mount Venus terminates :—illness caused 
by worry. 

Spot or indentation, with numberless rays 
spreading from it:—a shock, or intense 
mental strain, culminating in serious 
mental weakness or imbecility. 

Square:—protection from accident or in¬ 
jury to the head, preservation to the 
brain itself. 

Star:—a shock, a severe wound, mental de¬ 
rangement liable to lead to suicide. 

Star at the termination of a very sloping 
Head Line:—insanity, tendency to com¬ 
mit suicide. An excessively sloping 
Head Line is never a suicidal one how¬ 
ever, if forked at the commencement with 


44 


LINE OF HEAD . 


one prong ascending to Mount Jupiter. 

SIGNS (With)—continued. 

Star or cross, with the line sloping almost to 
The Rascette:—an unusually brilliant ca¬ 
reer, or a shocking death, according to 
other indications found in the palm. 

Star within an island:—an abscess in the 
head. 

Triangle :—scientific bent of mind. 

SLOPING. 

Luna (To Mount):—sentiment, imagina¬ 
tion, idealism, inclination to build air- 
castles, talent for music, painting, litera¬ 
ture of the imaginative order, and me¬ 
chanical invention, distaste for the prac¬ 
tical duties of life. 

Luna (To Mount) and terminating in an 
upward curve upon that mount:—per¬ 
sistent suicidal mania. 

wrist (To the):—superstition, mysticism. 

With the Hepatica crossed by it in both 
hands:—insanity. 

wrist (To the) and terminating in a star:— 
insanity. 




LINE OF HEAD. 


45 


STRAIGHT. 

In general:—practical ideas, love of ma¬ 
terial pleasures, a level headed way of 
looking at things. 

But terminating in an upward curve upon 
Mount Mars:—money valued highly and 
accumulated rapidly, much expected 
from little. 

For some distance, then sloping to Mount 
Luna:—a double nature, both practical 
and imaginative, or a change from a prac¬ 
tical to an imaginative line of work. 


HEART LINE. 

The Heart Line relates to the moral char¬ 
acter, to the desires, passions and affec¬ 
tions, and to the physical condition of 
the heart. Normal in position, the line 
commences upon Mount Jupiter, upon 
Mount Saturn, or between the fingers of 
Jupiter and Saturn, and extends across 
the entire palm just under the mounts 
which are at the bases of the fingers. 


4 6 


LINE OF UFA FT. 


The nature of affection is shown by the 
mount upon which the line commences. 
The strength or intensity of affection or 
passion is shown by the length and for¬ 
mation of the line. 

Absence of the line signifies selfishness, in¬ 
capacity for deep affection or sentiment. 
With Mount Mars prominent:—a cruel 
as well as selfish nature. 

Broad and pale:—weak moral character, 
sensual desires, profligacy. 

Chained or jagged, with short lines accom¬ 
panying it:—inconstancy, fickleness. 

Chained and underlined with numerous 
lines:—one’s love or ambition becomes 
his all absorbing passion. 

Chained, broad, and rising in a curve under 
Mount Saturn :—utter indifference to, 
and want of respect for the opposite sex. 

Double:—capacity for both deep affection 
and intense hatred, suffering through the 
affections. With unfavorable indications: 
—a tendency to distribute the affections, 
to lead a dual life. 

High in the palm, close to the mounts:—a 
happy disposition. 


LINE' OF HEAR T % 


47 


Long, very thin and traced straight across 
the palm:—cruelty, murderous propensi¬ 
ties. 

Low in the palm, inclined toward the Head 
Line:—a morbid nature, unhappiness in 
love. 

Mingled with the Head Line and occupy¬ 
ing the normal position of that line so 
that it is difficult to discriminate between 
them:—greatest intensity of character, 
distaste for and inability to follow a hum¬ 
drum or monotonous vocation success¬ 
fully, severe headaches. 

BRANCHES. 

Ascending:—faculty for captivating the op¬ 
posite sex, and pride in this power. 

Curved:—morbid, depressed quality of af¬ 
fection. 

descending (All):—disappointment in the 
love of both sexes. 

Descending to Mount Luna:—erotic insan¬ 
ity. 

Few in number or absent:—a cold, unsym¬ 
pathetic, unresponsive nature. 

Many in number:—warmth of affection, 


4 8 


LINE OF HEAR T. 


strong likes and dislikes. In excess:— 
passion, sensuality, unless the Head Line 
be strong, in which case the desires will 
be subservient to reason. 

BROKEN. 

In general:—disappointment in affection, a 
broken engagement, weak action of the 
heart. 

Repeatedly :—a selfish nature, inconstancy. 

COMMENCING. 

Head Line (In a curve from the):—business 
interests are sacrificed to sentiment. 
With a cross on the curve :—unhappiness 
in marriage, sorrow. 

High in the palm, but afterward curving 
toward the Head Line:—a cold, reserved 
nature becoming warmer and more sym¬ 
pathetic as the line curves downward. 

Index finger (Upon the):—continual disap¬ 
pointment in affection and ambition be¬ 
cause of extreme ideals and exaggerated 
enthusiasm. 

Index finger (At the base of the):—blind 
devotion which prevents one from seeing 
faults in those he loves. 


LINE OF HEAR T. 


49 


COMMENCING (continued). 

Jupiter (Upon Mount) :—pure love, demon¬ 
strative affection, pride which prevents 
one from associating with inferiors and 
from marrying beneath him, high ideals 
which induce integrity and uprightness. 

Jupiter (Upon Mount) but fading out when 
it reaches the middle of the palm :—disap¬ 
pointment in love causes one to become 
cold, reserved, and indifferent. 

Jupiter (Under Mount) on the outside of 
the hand and extending across the entire 
palm:—responsibility which comes upon 
one early in life and makes a strong de¬ 
mand upon the affections. 

Jupiter (In a curve around Mount) at the 
side of the hand :—unselfishness, self sac¬ 
rifice, jealousy. With corroborations:— 
special aptitude for the occult sciences,, 
ability to master them. 

Jupiter and Saturn (Between the fingers 
of):—calm, tranquil affection, love of 
home and its duties. 

Saturn (At the base of the finger of):—a 
material, sensual nature, selfishness. 


50 


LINE OF HEART. 


COMMENCING (continued). 

Saturn (Under Mount) without branches: 
—premature, sudden or violent death. 

CROSSED. 

By many short lines:—afflictions, sorrow 
caused through wounded affection. 

FORKED. 

Both prongs upon Mount Jupiter:—fidel¬ 
ity, uprightness, justice. A narrow space 
between the prongs signifies rigid ideas 
of love and marriage. A wide space sig¬ 
nifies the reverse. 

One prong upon Mount Jupiter, the other 
descending to the Head Line:—childlike 
credulity leading to self deception and 
numerous disappointments and losses. 

One prong upon Mount Jupiter, the other 
upon Mount Saturn:—unstable, fitful af¬ 
fection, unhappiness in the marital rela¬ 
tion. 

Three prongs upon Mount Jupiter:— 
riches. 

MINOR LINES. 

Curved line from the Heart Line to Mount 
Luna:—murderous tendencies. 




LINE OF HEART. 


5i 


MINOR LINES (continued). 

Deep line from the Heart Line to a break in 
the Fate Line:—death of a husband or 
wife. 

perpendicular lines (Two) from the Heart 
Line to Mount Luna:—apoplexy. 

SIGNS (With): 

Circle upon the line under Mount Sun:— 
loss of the sight of one eye. 

Cross just above the line :—death of a loved 
one. 

Island at the commencement of the line:— 
hopeless disappointment in love. 

islands (One or more distinct) in the line, 
with other evil indications:—illicit love, 
intrigues. 

island (One distinct) under Mount Sun or 
near the termination of the line:—heredi¬ 
tary heart disease. 

scar (A mark like a) on the line:—apoplexy. 

Spots or depressions in the line:—sorrow 
or disappointment caused by loved ones. 

Star on the line:—a severe shock, sorrow. 

TERMINATING. 


branches (Without):—childlessness. 





52 


LINE OF HEART. 


TERMINATING (continued). 

chain (In a distinct):—sluggish circulation 
of the blood. 

curve (In a) at the Head Line:—affections 
are sacrificed to material interests, 
encircling (By completely) Mount Mer¬ 
cury :—special aptitude for the practice of 
mesmerism or hypnotism. 

THE HEPATICA. 

According to some writers, the Hepatica 
commences on or below Mount Mercury, 
descends to the wrist, or crosses the Life 
Line and extends upon Mount Venus. 

According to others, the reverse is true. 
The line commences near the wrist or at 
the Life Line and ascends to Mount Mer¬ 
cury. 

Oftentimes it forms a cross with the Head 
Line, showing a taste for the unknown 
and mysterious, or with the Head Line 
sloping so that the lines cross upon 
Mount Luna:—an overexcited imagina¬ 
tion, religious insanity. 

Sometimes the Hepatica takes its course 
along the Percussion, thus showing a 



LINE, HEPATICA. 


53 


restless, changeable disposition, prospec¬ 
tive voyaging. The straighter the line, 
the more favorable its signification. It 
should not touch the Life Line as it 
would then denote some weakness of con¬ 
stitution. 

Absent, the signification is a robust nature, 
vivacity, wit, frequent headaches. 

Attended with a Sister Line:—excessive vi¬ 
tality, a passionate nature or avarice, ac¬ 
cording to other tendencies shown in the 
palm. 

Commencing or terminating? at the Head 
Line, with the Life Line crossed by many 
bars:—brain disease. 

Clear, unbroken :—cheerfulness, good 

health, fortunate events. 

Deeply traced between the Lines of Head 
and Heart but not found elsewhere:— 
tendency to brain fever. 

Formed of islands, with narrow, fluted 
nails:—consumption. With broad, fil¬ 

bert nails:—throat trouble. 

Imperfectly traced, with Head Line curving 


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LINE, HEPATIC A. 


toward the Heart Line:—tendency to 
fainting fits. With Heart Line curving 
toward the Head Line:—hay fever, asth¬ 
ma. 

Irregularly traced and closely connected 
with the Life Line upon which are a num¬ 
ber of spots or indentations:—heart dis¬ 
ease. 

Joined to the Life Line:—weak action of 
the heart, short breath, palpitation.' 

Pale :—chronic indigestion. 

Pale, broad and forming an angle with the 
Lines of Fate and Head:—fondness for 
the study of natural phenomena, clever¬ 
ness at natural magic. With the line very 
straight:—clairvoyance, second sight. 

Red near the Head Line:—headaches. 

Red near the Heart Line, with small, flat 
nails:—heart disease. 

Strongly traced as the Life Line:—the 
point of junction with that line gives the 
date of death. 

Thick and short:—impaired digestion. 

Twisted:—bad temper, dishonesty. 

Varying in color, but red where it crosses 
the Heart Line :—apoplexy. 




LINE , HEPATICA. 


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Wavy:—biliousness, uncertain success. 

With a grille on Mount Venus and ab¬ 
normal developments of the mounts 
Venus and Luna (in a flabby hand) :—in¬ 
curable laziness, vicious habits, excesses. 

BRANCH ASCENDING TO MOUNT. 

Jupiter:—continuous travel. 

Sun :—an inheritance, wealth. 

BROKEN. 

In general:—an illness, a loss. 

Repeatedly, formed of numberless short, 
straight pieces:—weak digestion, stom¬ 
ach trouble. 

CROSSED. 

By many short lines:—illnesses, head¬ 
aches, neuralgia, business annoyances. 

FORKED. 

Forming a triangle with the Head Line 
on Mount Mars:—marvellous aptitude 
for studies relating to the mysterious or 
the unknown. With fingers inward bent 
and Head Line long and narrow:—covet¬ 
ousness which will be gratified in all pos¬ 
sible ways. 

Upon Mount Mercury :—weakness, lan¬ 
guor. 



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WITH SIGNS. 

Cross:—a change, an illness. 

Cross on the line, with a circle on the Head 
Line or with a break in the lines of Head 
or Heart under Mount Saturn :—blind¬ 
ness. 

Cross, near but disconnected with the line: 
—a change in business or profession. 

Island :—an illness, financial loss. With ex¬ 
aggerated Mount Mercury:—dishonesty, 
a disposition to steal. 

Island in the line near the base of the palm: 
—somnambulism. 

Star:—childlessness, especially when found 
at the junction of the lines of Head and 
Hepatica or at the junction of the lines of 
Life and Hepatica. 

Star near the line in The Plain of Mars:— 
defective eyesight,, blindness. 



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INFLUENCE LINES PARALLEL TO 
THE LIFE LINE. 

A line upon Mount Venus parallel to the 
Life Line denotes the influence of one of 
the opposite sex, lover or husband. The 
duration of such an influence is limited to 
the time marked by the distance for 
which it attends the Life Line. 

Branch or line (A) from an Influence Line, 
crossing to Mount Luna signifies:—a 
tendency toward intemperance of every 
kind. If terminating in a star:—alco¬ 
holic intemperance. With a spot also, 
on the Head Line:—delirium tremens or 
insanity. 

Curving away from the Life Line for a dis¬ 
tance then curving back :—estrangement 
followed by reconciliation. 

Crossing the Life Line and passing to the 
middle of the palm:—separation, lover or 
husband passes out of one’s life. 

Fading out gradually:—ill health and death 
of lover or husband. 

Fading out but reappearing farther on :—an 



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LINES OF INFL UENCE. 


influence which is withdrawn for a time 
but is afterward renewed. 

fork (A) at the commencement of an Influ¬ 
ence Line:—fondness for a person to 
whom one was at first indifferent. 

fork (A) at the termination of an Influence 
Line:—estranged affection, love grown 
cold. 

island (An) in an Influence Line denotes 
disgrace or immorality of the one whom 
the line represents. 

Joining a cross line and passing to the mid¬ 
dle of the palm:—the affection of lover or 
husband is alienated through the influ¬ 
ence of a third party. 

Many in number these Influence Lines de¬ 
note magnetism, attraction for the oppo¬ 
site sex, a nature dependent upon affec¬ 
tion. 

Parallel to the Life Line its entire length: 
—an unusually favorable influence which 
lasts during life. 

Retreating toward the thumb after attend¬ 
ing the Life Line for a distance:—love 
grown indifferent, interests at variance. 







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With corroborations :—separation, di¬ 
vorce. 

Touching the Life Line at the termination 
of the Influence Line:—lover or husband 
becomes a great care or burden. 

Turning away from the Life Line almost at 
right angles:—a most unfortunate influ¬ 
ence. 


INTUITION LINE. 

The Intuition Line extends from Mount 
Luna to Mount Mercury in the form of a 
semicircle. One possessing this line is 
sensitive, impressionable, intuitive, and 
subject to presentiments. 

Clearly traced, with Mount Luna fully de¬ 
veloped in the upper portion, it denotes 
mesmeric or hypnotic power. 

Commencing in an island it denotes som¬ 
nambulism, clairvoyance. 



LIFE LINE. 


The normal position of the Life Line is 
encircling the ball of the thumb (Mount 
Venus). This line relates to disposition, 
health, environment, events, and dura¬ 
tion of life. 

In general, the longer the line the greater 
the longevity, though catastrophes 
shown elsewhere in the palm may cut 
short a life that judged by the line would 
seem to be long. When accidental or 
premature death is not marked elsewhere 
in the palm, the point at which, the Life 
Line terminates in both hands establishes 
the date of death. 


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Broad and pale, the line denotes an envious 
disposition, evil inclinations, and feeble 
health. 

Capillary (very fine) lines from the termina¬ 
tion of a short Life Line to the Fate Line 
signify prolongation of the life which 
would seem short because of the short 
line. 

Chained :—many struggles, a precarious ca¬ 
reer. In a soft hand:—delicacy of consti¬ 
tution, tendency to nervous ailments. 

Close to the thumb:—an unloving, unsym¬ 
pathetic nature, weak vitality, childless¬ 
ness. 

Curved inward toward the thumb at any 
point:—ill health while the curve lasts. 

Deeply traced its entire length:—abrupt 
manners and speech. 

Double, both lines long and unbroken:—a 
martial spirit, excessive vitality, long life. 
The Inner Line is called the Line of Mars. 

Fluted:—nervous maladies. 

Leaving its normal course and crossing to 
Mount Luna in the left hand only:—a 
restless disposition. In both hands:—an 


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LINE OF LIFE . 


exceeding restlessness which will induce 
one to travel extensively in foreign lands, 
and death will probably occur in an alien 
country. 

Long, clearly traced, uncrossed, unbroken: 
—an even disposition, good health, 
strong constitution, long life, and favor¬ 
able surroundings. 

Narrow or meagre in any portion:—ill 
health during the period so marked. 

Paralleled closely by a fine line for some dis¬ 
tance at any point:—great vitality, but a 
tendency to overtax the nervous system. 

Red in color :—cruel disposition, violent 
temper. 

Short:—short life. 

Sister Line accompanying a poorly traced 
or broken Life Line signifies that the 
weaknesses or illnesses, which caused the 
breaks or irregularities in the main line, 
have been or will be mitigated or over¬ 
come. 

Swinging out in a great circle m the middle 
of the palm:—an affectionate, sympa¬ 
thetic nature, kind disposition, strong 
constitution, longevity. 




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Varying in depth and breadth:—fickle dis¬ 
position, fitful temper, variable health. 
With the line short:—delicacy of consti- 
tution, tendency to fevers. 

BRANCH ASCENDING. 

In general:—a new pursuit, undertaking, 
enterprise, or venture, leading to success 
(if uncrossed by minor lines) and opposed 
or resulting in failure (if crossed). 

Head Line (To the) at its middle portion: 
—mental effort or pursuit which will 
bring honors, decorations, or'wealth. 

Jupiter (To Mount):—an ambitious pro¬ 
ject. 

Jupiter (To Mount) then crossing to Mount 
Saturn :—the adoption of a religious call¬ 
ing solely as a means to become noted. 

Mars (To Lower Mount):—an unfortunate 
attachment which causes sorrow. 

Mercury (To Mount):—a pursuit, the na¬ 
ture of which, whether business or scien¬ 
tific, the type of hand and the Head Line 
will determine. 

Saturn (To Mount) parallel to the Fate 
Line:—accumulation of money through 
personal energy and determination. 


64 LINE OF LIFE. 

BRANCH ASCENDING (continued). 

Sun (To Mount):—a pursuit which brings 
wealth, celebrity, or notoriety. 

BRANCH DESCENDING. 

curve (In a wide) from the commencement 
of the line to the wrist:—serious head¬ 
aches. 

spot (From a black) on the line:—illness 
which has left or will leave a nervous 
complaint. 

star (To a) on Mount Luna:—a changeable, 
moody, erotic nature, intensely excitable 
disposition, hysteria, insanity. 

BROKEN. 

bar (With a) across the ends:—recovery 
from illness. 

both hands (In), if at the point of break one 
fragment curves toward the thumb:— 
death. If toward the palm:—recovery. 

Head Line (As it leaves the), both lines 
crossed at this point by a bar, and with a 
cross in the Quadrangle under Mount 
Saturn:—diphtheria. 

joined (But) to the Fate Line:—recovery 
from an illness. 



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65 


BROKEN (continued). 

one hand only (In):—an illness, with 
stronger probability of recovery if the 
break be in the left than if it be in the 
right hand. 

Repeatedly, made up of fine, short lines:— 
continued ill health. 

square (Within a)’:—preservation from 
death. 

square (Within a), a line crossing from the 
square to The Plain of Mars:—protec¬ 
tion from death by accident. 

COMMENCING. 

fork (In a confused) :—vanity, indecision. 

fork (In a plain):—fidelity, justice. 

Jupiter (Upon Mount):—boundless ambi¬ 
tion from one’s very childhood. With 
other propitious indications this ambition 
will induce honors, decorations, etc. 

CROSSED BY. 

Hair lines which drop from or cling to it:— 
weakness, loss of vitality. 

Head Line (A line from the):—illness, wor¬ 
ries, an overtaxed brain. 


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LINE OF LIFE. 


CROSSED BY (continued). 

% 

Heart Line (A line from the):—worry or 
illness caused by wounded affection. 

Mars (A line from Upper Mount):—illness 
resulting from a wound. 

Mars (A line from The Plain of):—strug¬ 
gles, difficulties, material privations. 

short lines (Many):—annoyances, worries, 
slight illnesses. 

thumb (A deep line from the):—death re¬ 
sulting from a wound made by a metal¬ 
lic weapon. A star on the third phalanx 
of the middle finger has the same signifi¬ 
cation. 

JOINED. 

Lines of Life and Head joined for some 
distance at the commencement:—lack of 
self confidence, sensitiveness about all 
that concerns self, shyness , often con¬ 
cealed by an abrupt manner, prudence, 
circumspection, fondness for study. 

Lines of Life, Head, and Heart joined at 
the commencement:—sudden, accidental 
or violent death. 



LINE OF LIFE. 


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SEPARATED FROM THE HEAD LINE. 

connected by branches (But):—natural self 
confidence, enforced or cultivated cau¬ 
tion and reserve. 

connected by crosses (But):—domestic dis¬ 
comforts. 

Moderately, leaving a normal space be¬ 
tween the lines:—self confidence, pluck, 
foresight, fondness for reading. 

Widely, leaving a broad space between the 
lines:—impulsiveness, impatience, assur¬ 
ance, foolhardiness. With a sloping 
Head Line these characteristics are some¬ 
what modified. 

SIGNS (With). 

Circle:—health and affairs at a standstill. 

Cross:—an accident or an illness. Cutting 
deeply into the line:—serious illness 
which is liable to result in death. 

Cross, cut by a short downward fork in the 
line :—a mortal infirmity. 

Crosses (One or more) at the termination 
of the line:—unmerited reverses in old 
age. 

Cross and spot:—an accident. 



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LINE OF LIFE. 


SIGNS (With)—continued. 

Fernlike lines upon the line under Mount 
Saturn :—indigestion, stomach trouble. 

Island in general:—an illness which usually 
affects the trunk of the body. With the 
Hepatica absent or wavy:—biliousness. 

Island with a line descending to it from 
Mount Saturn :—a surgical operation. 

Island with a line extending from it to a 
spot on the Head Line:—throat trouble. 

To a spot on the Hepatica:—fever. 

Island near the termination of the line:— 
kidney trouble. With the lower portion 
of Mount Luna crossed and recrossed by 
fine lines:—displacement of the uterus. 

Line, short and curved, crossing the Life 
Line:—sudden, dangerous illness. 

Mark like that made by the pressure of a 
blunt lead pencil:—a blow or fall. 

spots (Dark), in general:—nervous diseases, 
fevers. 

spot (A deep black) in both hands:—violent 
death. Traditional:—assassination. 

spot (A red):—a wound. 


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69 


SIGNS (With)—continued. 

spot (A white):—affection of, or injury to 
the eyes. 

square (A) :—protection from anything that 
menaces at the date marked by the 
square. 

Square inclosing an island:—recovery from 
illness or illness averted. 

Square inclosing the ends of a broken Life 
Line:—preservation from death. 

Star:—serious illness, accident, lawsuit, or 
some fatality. 

Star at the very commencement of the 
Line:—death of a parent at one’s birth. 
Often found in the hands of illegitimate 
children. 

TERMINATING. 

cross bar (At a) :—sudden death. 

fork (In a):—a general weakening of the 
system. With the prongs of the fork 
very red :—rheumatism, gout. 

fork (In a) both prongs long and of equal 
depth:—desire for travel and love of 
home. Interests in different localities, 
perhaps in different countries. 


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LINE OF LIFE. 


TERMINATING (continued), 
fork (In a) formed by the Life Line dividing 
in about the centre of the palm, one 
prong crossing to Mount Luna, the other 
following its usual course around the 
thumb:—extreme unrest, love of travel 
(in a firm hand). (In a soft hand) with a 
sloping Head Line:—vagrant tendencies 
which are satisfied in vice or intemper¬ 
ance. 

parallel lines (With) few in number and 
short:—sudden death, 
spot (In a):—death from accident or vio¬ 
lence. 

tassel (In a):—dissipation ol nerve forces, 
feebleness in old age. With one ray of 
the tassel crossing to Mount Luna:— 
mental aberration. 



LINE OF MARS. 


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THE MARS LINE. 

The Mars Line is the Sister or Inner Line 
which accompanies a strong Life Line, 
signifying:—excessive vitality and a mar¬ 
tial spirit. When this Inner Line at¬ 
tends a weak Life Line, it is simply re¬ 
garded as a second or double Life Line 
and acts as a support to the line which it 
attends. 

MARRIAGE LINE. 

The Marriage Line is a long, horizontal 
line on Mount Mercury, crossing from 
the Percussion toward the palm. Short 
lines found here are affections or mar¬ 
riages contemplated. The presence of a 
Marriage Line alone is not conclusive 
evidence of marriage. 

If there be a cross upon Mount Jupiter, 
or if a line from Mount Venus enters 


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LINE OF MARRIAGE. 


the Heart Line at any point, the heart is 
open to an influence of affection. If a 
line from Mount Luna join the Fate Line 
at any point and travel on with it, the 
influence of one of the opposite sex is 
strongly indicated. These are all confir¬ 
mations of marriage if there be also a 
plainly traced Marriage Line. 

date (The) of union is at the point on the 
Life Line where the line from Mount 
Venus crosses it, or at the point on the 
Fate Line where the line from Mount 
Luna joins it. 

distinct Marriage Line (A) with hair lines 
clinging to it signifies ill health of the 
person one marries. 

distinct Marriage Line (One) attended with 
another line which is parallel to it:—mar¬ 
riage with a person of congenial tastes. 

distinct lines (Two) combined to form a 
Marriage Line:—marriage with a person 
of different tastes and temperament. 

faintly traced line (A) closely attending the 
Marriage Line:—affection for another 
than the person one marries. 




LINE OF MARRIAGE. 


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straight, unbroken line (A) denotes a happy 
marriage. 

BRANCH (A) 

of the line, or the line itself ascending to 
the Sun Line signifies a marriage of dis¬ 
tinction. Descending to the Sun Line:— 
a mesalliance. 

BROKEN. 

In general, the line denotes unhappiness, 
breaks in the marriage relation, dissen¬ 
sion, sometimes separation or divorce. 
With the pieces overlapping:—trouble 
bridged over, separation followed by rec¬ 
onciliation, even a second marriage be¬ 
tween the same parties. 

gap (A) between the pieces:—marriage pre¬ 
vented by death. When found in a mar¬ 
ried person’s hand :—a shock and sudden 
death of husband or wife. 

Repeatedly, the line long:—tenacity of af¬ 
fection which endures to the end regard¬ 
less of much unhappiness. 

CROSSED. 

horizontal or curved line (By a):—broken 
engagement, separation. 


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LINE OF MARRIAGE. 


CROSSED (continued), 
long line (By a) from Lower Mount Mars: 
—separation which has occasioned strong 
antagonism and deadly enmity, 
perpendicular line (By a) from the base of 
the finger of Mercury:—opposition or 
obstacles hinder or delay marriage, 
perpendicular line (By a) from the base of 
Mount Mercury :—unhappiness, with 
probable lawsuits in connection with mar¬ 
riage. 

short line (By a) forming a cross at the ter¬ 
mination of the line:—a broken engage¬ 
ment (often through death). 

CURVING. 

Downward to the Heart Line:—widow¬ 
hood or widowerhood. With the curve 
long and gradual:—prolonged ill health. 
With the curve abrupt:—sudden death 
of the person one marries. 

Upward from the Heart Line:—distaste for 
marriage, single blessedness. 

TERMINATING IN A 

Drooping fork:—divorce, especially if also 
crossed by a line from Mount Venus or 
The Plain of Mars 


LINE OF MARRIAGE. 


75 


TERMINATING IN A (continued). 

Long fork, one prong of which crosses to 
Mount Venus:—separation, divorce. 

Plain fork, one prong of which is crossed by 
a short bar:—sudden death of the per¬ 
son one marries. 

Short or straight fork:—a broken engage¬ 
ment. In a married person's hand:—di¬ 
versity of tastes and interests between 
husband and wife. 

WITH SIGNS. 

Cross on the line:—a broken engagement, 
separation. 

Island in the line:—unhappiness or ill 
health. 

islands (Many) and hair lines on the line: 
—sorrow. A person with this formation 
of line should never marry. 

spot (A black):—death of husband or wife. 

Star on the line:—marriage of short dura¬ 
tion terminated by death or catastrophe. 




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LINES, RASCETTE. 


THE RASCETTE. 

The Rascette or Bracelets of Life, is the 
name given to those horizontal lines 
which in whole or in part encircle the 
wrist. Each line of the Bracelet is an in¬ 
dication of from twenty-five to thirty 
years of life. Clearly traced, unbroken 
lines indicate good health and prosperity. 
Poorly traced or broken lines :—reverses, 
poor health, and with confirmatory indi¬ 
cations dissipation. The first or upper 
Bracelet distinctly chained denotes a life 
of labor or unusual care. Traced high, 
arching toward the middle of the palm:— 
weakness of the generative organs, dan¬ 
ger in childbearing. 

An angle in the Rascette signifies an inher¬ 
itance. 

A cross, plainly marked :—unexpected 
money, a legacy. 


LINES , RASCETTE. 


77 


A line from the Rascette to Mount Jupiter: 
—legal successes. To Mount Saturn:— 
honors in clerical life. To Mount Sun :— 
wealth. 

A line from the Rascette to Mount Venus 
and thence to Mount Jupiter:—a wealthy 
marriage. To Mount Saturn :—marriage 
with an elderly person. To Mount Sun: 
—marriage with a celebrity. To Mount 
Mercury:—marriage with a person en¬ 
gaged in mercantile or scientific pursuits. 

THE RING OF SATURN. * 

The Ring of Saturn encircles Mount Sat¬ 
urn. People whose hands contain this 
line have exaggerated ideas but lack con¬ 
centration and continuity of purpose to 
execute them. Are never successful. 

THE RING OF SOLOMON. 

The Ring of Solomon encircles Mount 
Jupiter, and denotes special aptitude for 
the study of self culture in its broadest 


sense. 




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LINE OF SUN. 


SUN LINE. 

The Sun Line relates to success. The 
type of hand, the variety of Head Line, 
the development of certain mounts, or 
the presence of special lines indicates 
through what talent or aptitude this suc¬ 
cess is achieved. 

The idea of publicity is inseparably con¬ 
nected with this line. 

Absent, the signification is difficulty in ob¬ 
taining the recognition due to one’s tal¬ 
ents. 

Absent or poorly traced, with an island in 
the Hepatica, or with the Fate Line 
crossed by numberless short lines:— 
bankruptcy. 

Clearly traced, well colored, the line signi¬ 
fies active talent. 

Deeply traced upon its own mount (Sun), 
with the Head Line sloping:—success in 
music, painting or literature of the imag¬ 
inative order. 


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LINE OF SUN 


79 


Deeply traced upon its own mount, with 
Head Line straight and third finger long: 
—acquisition of money one’s ruling de¬ 
sire. 

Deeply traced upon its own mount, with 
Mount Mercury well developed and the 
finger nails short:—analytical aptitude 
which makes one a good critic. 

Faintly traced, pale:—passive talents, fond¬ 
ness for, or appreciation of the arts or sci¬ 
ences, but inability to exercise or culti¬ 
vate these tastes sufficiently to insure suc¬ 
cess through them. 

Long, with third finger almost as long as 
the second, and Head Line sloping:— 
fondness for speculation, propensity for 
gambling. 

BRANCHES. 

Rules that apply to branches on the Fate 
Line also apply to branches on the Sun 
Line. 

BROKEN. 

In general, for each break:—financial loss 
or failure of effort, with final success or 
failure, in keeping with the termination of 
the line. 


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LINE OF SUN. 


BROKEN (continued). 

Repeatedly, the entire line in sections:— 
lack of continuity of purpose prevents 
one from winning fame and renders the 
acquisition of wealth impossible. With 
the Head Line sloping, this line in sec¬ 
tions is the gambler’s characteristic line 
signifying ups and downs, gains and 
losses. 

COMMENCING. 

Fate Line (At the):—success assured. 

Head Line (At the) :—success dependent 
upon the calibre of the mind. 

Heart Line (At the):—appreciation of 
art, but insufficient talent for acquiring 
celebrity, unless other indications of suc¬ 
cess be strongly marked in the palm. 

Life Line (At the):—extreme sensitiveness 
with regard to public opinion. 

Luna (On Mount):—success or distinction 
largely dependent upon others. 

Percussion (At the) this line often denotes 
simply a sanguine, but capricio.us temper¬ 
ament. 




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COMMENCING (continued). 

Plain of Mars (In The):—success or fame a 
matter of struggle and hardships. 

Venus, (On Mount) parallel to the Life 
Line for a distance:—success or position 
through marriage or through the assist¬ 
ance of a strong influence or close friend¬ 
ship. 

CROSSED BY. 

Girdle of Venus (The) :—success prevented 
through excessive ardor in the pursuit of 
pleasure. 

Lines, many in number and short:—success 
hindered by obstacles and continued op¬ 
position. 

Marriage Line (The):—loss of money or 
position, through marriage. 

Mars (A line from Mount) :—loss of money, 
position, or reputation, through malice. 

Mars (From The Plain of) :—loss of money 
or position, through enmity. 

Mercury (A line from Mount):—success 
prevented because of changeability of 
purpose, and inconstancy. 

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LINE OF SUN 


CROSSED BY (continued). 

Saturn (A line from Mount):—success, or 
cultivation of one’s talents hindered 
through lack of financial resources. 

INFLUENCED OR ATTENDED WITH A 
LINE 

parallel (Which is) to it for a distance but 
does not touch the line at any point:— 
an inheritance. 

Venus or Luna (From the Mounts), said 
line joining the Sun Line at some point: 
—assistance in gaining wealth, position, 
or celebrity. 

SIGNS (With). 

Cross :—disappointment regarding money 
or position. 

Island :—loss of money, social position, rep¬ 
utation. With illness marked on the Life 
Line :—heart disease. 

Island at the commencement of a favorably 
traced line:—success or position due to 
illicit love. 

spot (A black) at the junction of the Lines 
of Heart and Sun :—blindness. 



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83 


SIGNS (With)—continued. 

Square:—protection from the attacks of 
enemies upon name or position, preserva¬ 
tion from money losses. 

Star:—phenomenal success, celebrity (if the 
line be a favorable one and the star be 
found in The Quadrangle). 

TERMINATING IN A 

circle:—attainment of exalted position, 
faggot, or series of short, or confused lines: 
—multiplicity of ideas interferes with 
success. 


TRAVEL LINES. 

Travel or voyaging is shown: by heavy, 
horizontal lines upon Mount Luna, by 
hair lines that start from the Life Line 
but travel on with it, by long lines that 
ascend from the wrist, and by a fork at 
the termination of the Life Line, one 
prong of which crosses to Mount Luna. 
Journeys marked on the Life Line are 
beneficial to health, and are much more 
important than those marked elsewhere. 


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LINES OF TRAVEL . 


TRAVEL LINES FROM THE WRIST 
OR FROM MOUNT LUNA. 

Crossing each other:—same route trav¬ 
ersed twice for some important reason. 

Crossing through a spot, island, or break, 
in the Head Line:—danger to the head, 
or illness contracted while traveling. 

Double and converging toward Mount Sat¬ 
urn :—two voyages or journeys attended 
with fatalities. 

Joining the Fate Line and ascending with 
it:—travel that benefits one in a material 
way. 

Parallel to each other:—prosperous trips, 
same route travelled twice. 

TERMINATING. 

curve (In a downward):—travel resulting- 
in disappointment or misfortune. 

curve (In an upward):—travel attended 
with success. 

Jupiter (Upon Mount):—a long and propi¬ 
tious journey. 

Life Line (At the):—one which results in 
death. 


LINES OF TRAVEL. 


85 

1 ERMINATING (continued). 

Mercury (Upon Mount) :—one which leads 
to sudden or unexpected wealth. 

Saturn (Upon Mount):—one attended with 
fatalities. 

Sun (Upon Mount):—one attended with 
success. 


VENUSIAN LINES. 

A LINE FROM MOUNT VENUS TO 
MOUNT 

Jupiter:—ambition, desire for power. 

Luna:—misfortune through interference of 
one of the opposite sex. With a star on 
the mount at the termination of the line: 
—hysteria, insanity. 

Mars:—a wound inflicted by a relative 01- 
friend. 

Mercury:—a life subject to many changes 
of fortune, design and method both in 
business and in love. 

Mercury, thereby crossing an upward fork 
in the Life Line:—separation, divorce. 


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LINES , VENUSIAN. 


VENUSIAN LINES (continued). 

Saturn:—some menace or fatality, an acci¬ 
dent (fatal if the line terminate in forks 
or branches). 

Saturn, after first'ascending Mount Jupiter: 
—boundless ambition in a religious call- 
in g. 

Sun:—wealth or celebrity gained through 
the assistance of one’s family or friends. 

A LINE FROM MOUNT VENUS (relating 
to the Fate Line.) 

Attended closely with a parallel line, both 
lines terminating in a star on the Fate 
Line:—two love affairs at the same time 
which result in catastrophe. 

Commencing in an island, and terminating 
in a star on the Fate Line :—a disgraceful 
entanglement with one of the opposite 
sex ruins one’s business prospects. 

Commencing in a star, and terminating in 
a spot on the Fate Line:—death of a rela¬ 
tive or friend involves one in business dif¬ 
ficulties. 

Crossing the Fate Line:—interference or 
opposition in business matters. 



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VENUSIAN LINES (continued). 

Crossing an island in the Fate Line :—finan¬ 
cial loss due to an unfriendly influence. 

Crossing the Fate Line and terminating in 
a star in The Triangle:—heavy financial 
loss. 

Crossing toward and ascending Mount Sat¬ 
urn parallel to the Fate Line:—wealth 
due to personal effort and the encourage¬ 
ment'of a relative or friend. 

A LINE FROM MOUNT VENUS (relating 
to the Head Line.) 

Commencing in a star, and terminating in a 
spot on the Head Line:—brain fever 
caused by the death of a relative or dear 
friend. 

Commencing in a star, and terminating in 
an island in the Head Line:—serious ill¬ 
ness caused by the death of a loved one. 

Crossing the Head Line:—mental disturb¬ 
ance, thoughts interfered with. With this 
line crossing from the base of Mount 
Venus:—pecuniary worries are signified. 

Head Line (Almost at right angles to the): 
—murderous tendencies. 



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LINES , VENUSIAN. 


VENUSIAN LINES (continued). 

spot or star (Crossing to a) at the junction 
of the Lines of Head and Sun :—defective 
eyesight, blindness. 

star (Crossing to a) in The Triangle and 
thence to the Head Line:—financial loss 
which seriously affects and endangers the 
mental faculties. 

A LINE FROM MOUNT VENUS (relating 
to the Heart Line.) r 

Crossing the Heart Line:—an unhappy 
love affair (resulting in shame or disas¬ 
ter, should there be an island in the cross- 
line.) 

Merging into the Heart Line:—a member 
of the family circle, relative or friend, be¬ 
comes a great care or burden. Many 
authors consider this an indication of 
marriage, if there be other corrobora¬ 
tions. 

Terminating in a fork at the Heart Line:— 
separation, divorce. 

Terminating in a spot or star on the Heart 
Line:—heart disease caused by worries 
or affliction. 


LINES. VENUSIAN 89 

A LINE FROM MOUNT VENUS (relating 
to the Life Line.) 

Commencing in a star and just crossing the 
Life Line:—death of one nearly related 
or dearly loved. 

Commencing in a star, and crossing a short 
upward fork in the Life Line:—a lawsuit 
in consequence of the death of a relative 
or friend. 

Crossing the Life Line only:—annoyance 
or interference in home life. Many in 
number these lines denote a nervous, 
worrying, troubled nature. 

Crossing a short upward fork in the Life 
Line:—a lawsuit, an unhappy marriage. 
If terminating upon Mount Mercury:— 
separation, divorce. 

A LINE FROM MOUNT VENUS (relating 
to the Marriage Line.) 

Crossing the Marriage Line:—marital dis¬ 
agreements, griefs, separation. If the 
line which crosses the Marriage Line 
commence upon Mount Mars (The 
Lower) it signifies divorce which has oc¬ 
casioned strong antagonism and deadly 
enmity between the contending parties. 


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A LINE FROM MOUNT VENUS (relating 
to the Sun Line.) 

Commencing in a star, and terminating in a 
star on the Sun Line:—financial ruin 
through the death of a relative or friend. 

Commencing in a star, and merging into a 
favorably traced Sun Line which com¬ 
mences in The Triangle:—an inheritance. 

Commencing in a star, and terminating in 
an island in the Sun Line :—loss of money 
or reputation through the death of some 
one dearly loved. 

Crossing the Sun Line:—attack upon one’s 
reputation or position. 

Crossing the Sun Line after crossing a short 
upward fork in the Life Line:—a lawsuit 
lost. If merging into the Sun Line:—a 
lawsuit won. If terminating in a star on 
the Sun Line:—a legal scandal. 

Merging into the Sun Line:—assistance of 
a relative or friend in obtaining wealth or 
celebrity. 

Terminating in an island after crossing the 
Sun Line :—disgrace or scandal the result 
of a culpable love affair. 






VIA LASCIVA. 


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VIA LASCIVA. 

The Via Lasciva is a line which acts as a 
Sister Line to the Hepatica. When 
clearly traced it denotes happiness and 
good health. When it extends beyond 
the Life Line upon Mount Venus, it sig¬ 
nifies lasciviousness and excesses, espe¬ 
cially if it be long or wavy. 


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MOUNTS. 


PART IV.—THE MOUNTS. 


Elevations found in different places in 
the palm are called mounts. There are 
eight in number. The highest mount in 
the palm sounds the keynote to the char¬ 
acter. When two or more mounts are 
equally prominent, their combined char¬ 
acteristics dominate the life. When all 
mounts in the palm are full and puffy, one 
is excitable, versatile, and has varying 
moods. When all mounts are equally 
but not prominently developed, one has 
an unusually calm nature. , 

When mounts lean toward one another 
or are so displaced, that instead of being 
directly under the bases of the fingers 
they are between them, the qualities of 
each are blended and developed in uni¬ 
son. 

JUPITER, at the base of the index finger. 

Absent:—egotism, irreligion, vulgar in¬ 
stincts, lack of respect and veneration. 


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JUPITER (continued). 

Normal:—ambition, enthusiasm, com¬ 
mendable pride, self respect, veneration, 
hospitality, fondness for society and good 
living. 

prominent (Abnormally):—arrogance, os¬ 
tentation, domineering spirit. 

LUNA, under Mount Mars and extending to the 
wrist. 

Absent:—lack of imagination, sentiment, 
intuition. 

Normal:—healthy imagination, sentiment, 
intuition, capriciousness, love of poetry, 
romance, harmony in music, travel. 

prominent (Abnormally):—distorted imag¬ 
ination, superstition, sadness, melan¬ 
choly and discontent, acts based upon im¬ 
pulse and not upon reason. 

MARS (The Upper), under Mount Mercury be¬ 
tween the Lines of Heart and Head. 

Absent:—cowardice. 

Normal:—courage, self possession, resigna¬ 
tion. 

prominent (Abnormally):—cruelty, inso¬ 
lence, brutality, brush manners and 
speech. 


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MARS (The Lower), below the Head Line, 
between Mount Venus and Mount Jupi¬ 
ter. 

Absent:—timidity, lack of self confidence 
and energy. 

Normal:—courage, resolution, martial 

spirit. 

prominent (Abnormally) :—aggression, 
pugnacity. 

MERCURY, at the base of the little finger. 

Absent:—inactivity, moroseness, inaptitude 
for exact sciences, or any pursuit requir¬ 
ing calculation. 

Normal:—quick thought and action, rest¬ 
lessness, keen perception, eloquence, hu¬ 
mor, commercial aptitude, fondness for 
exact sciences and scientific games. 

prominent (Abnormally) :—loquacity, dis¬ 
honesty. 

SATURN, at the base of the middle finger. 

Absent:—misfortune, an insignificant life. 

Normal:—prudence, caution, taste for clas¬ 
sical music, serious topics, and religion, 
fondness for solitude. 



MOUNTS. 


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SATURN (continued). 

prominent (Abnormally):—taciturnity, fa¬ 
naticism, melancholy, morbidity, ten¬ 
dency to suicide. 

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SUN, at the base of the third finger. 

Absent:—no appreciation of form, color, or 
beauty, distaste for intellectual culture. 

Normal:—warm affections, but friendship 
neither strong nor lasting, amiability, be¬ 
nevolence, quick temper, inventive ge¬ 
nius, taste for art, science, or literature, 
love of beauty in all forms. 

prominent (Abnormally) :—unreasoning 

temper, great susceptibility to flattery, 
extravagance, vanity, and cupidity. 

VENUS, the third phalanx of the thumb. 

Absent:—a cold nature, selfishness. 

Normal:—pure love, benevolence, charity, 
appreciation of color, fondness for mel¬ 
ody in music, dancing, and harmless 
pleasures, aversion to strife and conten¬ 
tion. • 

prominent (Abnormally):—passion for the 
opposite sex, selfishness, inconstancy. 


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MOUNTS WITH LINES. 


MOUNTS WITH LINES. 

Absence of lines upon the mounts denotes 
a calm nature, which is not much affected 
by surroundings, and not easily influ¬ 
enced. 

Cross lines upon any mount denote cross 
purposes. Few in number and faintly 
traced they signify obstacles and opposi¬ 
tion, which may be overcome. Many in 
number and deeply traced, they signify 
obstacles and opposition which prevent 
one from realizing his desires and ambi¬ 
tions. 

perpendicular lines (Many), short or con¬ 
fused, signify persistent but futile efforts 
toward success. 

perpendicular line (One) or (two or more) 
parallel, perpendicular lines signify suc¬ 
cess in keeping with the characteristics of 
the mount upon which they are placed. 

JUPITER (Upon Mount). 

Capillary cross lines:—wounds on the head. 

Confused lines crossing each other:—un¬ 
chastity, loose morals. 


MOUNTS WITH LINES. 


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JUPITER (Upon Mount)—continued. 

Many, short upright lines:—repeated ef¬ 
forts but failure to realize ambitions. 

(All lines are understood to be upright 
unless othenvise specified.) 

One line:—gratified ambition. 

LUNA (Upon Mount). 

Capillary cross lines:—wounds in the body. 

Many, short lines :—nervousness, insomnia. 

One, deep, horizontal line, with a short line 
crossing it:—rheumatism, gout. 

MARS (Upon Mount). 

Capillary cross lines:—wounds in the vital 
organs. 

Deep cross lines:—enemies. If clear and 
unbroken:—powerful ones. If broken: 
—those incapable of inflicting serious in¬ 
jury. 

Horizontal line running parallel to and be¬ 
low the Heart Line for a distance, then 
ascending Mount Sun :—a determination 
to become celebrated, regardless of the 
means employed. 

Many lines :—passionate disposition, vio¬ 
lent temper. 

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98 MOUNTS WITH LINES. 

MARS (Upon Mount)—continued. 

oblique line (An) extending from Mount 
Mars to Mount Saturn:—death in battle. 

oblique line (An) from Mount Mars termi¬ 
nating between the fingers of Jupiter and 
Saturn, with spots on the Head Line:— 
deafness. 

MERCURY (Upon Mount). 

Capillary cross lines:—wounds in the legs. 

Diagonal lines :—loquacity, garrulity. 

Numberless short lines:—excess of astute¬ 
ness, which renders one liable to over¬ 
reach himself. 

One line :—success in business or science. 

Two or more deep lines:—scientific apti¬ 
tude which makes one a good nurse or 
physician. 

SATURN (Upon Mount). 

Capillary cross lines:—wounds in the 
breast. 

Numberless tangled lines:—misfortune 

One line :—good fortune. 

One line commencing below the mount and 
cutting the Girdle of Venus:—danger of 
assassination. 







MOUNTS WITH LINES. 


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SUN (Upon Mount). 

Capillary cross lines:—wounds in the arms. 

Many tangled lines:—failure in enterprise 
because of too great diversity of talents. 

One line :—success in art or science. 

Two lines, parallel and uncrossed :—two tal¬ 
ents successfully cultivated. 

VENUS (Upon Mount). 

Absence of lines :—coldness in affection, 
calmness,, chastity. 

Many lines:—warmth of affection, attrac¬ 
tion for the opposite sex, magnetism. 

Many lines much crossed:—a passionate 
nature. 

Many lines extending across the main lines 
of the palm:—unhappiness through the 
affections. 

One deep line from the mount to The Tri¬ 
angle :—asthma. 




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MOUNTS WITH SIGNS. 


MOUNTS WITH SIGNS. 

Signs belong to the traditional part of 
Palmistry, and do not follow either a uni¬ 
form, or a logical system of reasoning. 

CIRCLE. 

Upon Mount Sun denotes phenomenal 
success. Upon any other mount it sig¬ 
nifies dangerous brilliancy of the qualities 
embodied in the mount. 

CROSS UPON MOUNT. 

Jupiter:—a deep affection, marriage con¬ 
templated. 

Luna :—abstraction, superstition. Very 

large:—falsification, deception. Near 

Mount Luna :—a voyage. 

Mars (The Upper):—a quarrelsome dispo¬ 
sition, which places one in danger of bod¬ 
ily harm through the acts of enemies. 
An irregular cross upon Lower Mount 
Mars:—a tendency to commit suicide. 

Mercury :—duplicity, dishonesty, kleptoma¬ 
nia. Close to the Heart Line which is 
cut by one of the branches of the cross :— 
bankruptcy. 







MOUNTS WITH SIGNS . 


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CROSS UPON MOUNT (continued). 

Saturn :—misfortune. When strongly cor¬ 
roborated :—childlessness. 

Sun:—errors of judgment, or disappoint¬ 
ment in the attainment of wealth, celeb¬ 
rity, or position. 

Venus :—an unhappy love affair. Should 
there be a cross also upon Mount Venus: 
—a happy marriage. 

GRILLE UPON MOUNT. 

Jupiter :—tyranny, superstition. 

Luna :—melancholy, sadness, discontent. 

Mars (Upper):—murderous tendencies, 

violent death. 

Mercury:—cunning, dishonesty, lying. 

Saturn:—depression of spirits, morbidity. 

Sun :—error, vanity, folly. 

Venus:—passion, immorality, if the mount 
is developed. Coldness, want of benev¬ 
olence, if the mount is undeveloped. 

ISLAND UPON MOUNT. 

Jupiter:—want of self respect and ambition. 

Luna :—unwholesome imagination. 

Mars:—want of pluck and courage. 

Mercury :—failure in pursuits. 









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MOUNTS WITH SIGNS. 


ISLAND UPON MOUNT (continued). 

Saturn:—misfortune. 

Sun :—mediocre talent for art or science. 

Venus :—enervated love or passion. 

SPOT UPON MOUNT. 

Jupiter:—loss of credit and honor. 

Luna:—derangement of the nervous sys¬ 
tem, hysteria, insanity. 

Mars :—a wound. 

Mercury :—error, misfortune. 

Sun:—loss of social position or reputation. 

SOUARE. 

According to some writers, a square in 
The Plain of Mars touching the Life 
Line, signifies imprisonment, seclusion. 
According to others, this square must be 
found at the base of Mount Venus near 
the Life Line, in which case it has the 
same signification. 

STAR UPON MOUNT. 

Jupiter:—wealth, position, gratified ambi¬ 
tion. With a cross also upon the mount: 
—a brilliant marriage. Off the mount 
on the side of the hand:—injury, loss or 
disaster by fire. 

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MOUNTS WITH SIGNS. 


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STAR UPON MOUNT (continued). 

Luna:—celebrity through the imaginative 
faculties (when there are other indica¬ 
tions of talent). As a health prognostic: 
—dropsy. When found in both hands 

and strongly corroborated:—suicide. 

Mars:—distinction in military life, death in 
battle, sudden death, assassination. 

Mercury :—phenomenal success through 
conversational powers, eloquence, wit, 
successful authorship. With unfavorable 
indications :—persistent dishonesty. 

Saturn:—liability to accidents, some fatal¬ 
ity, sudden or violent death. As a health 
prognostic :—paralysis. With the Fate 

Line entering deeply into the finger of 
Saturn:—disgrace and death, danger of 
assassination, death on the scaffold. 

Sun:—success, celebrity, or wealth, which 
comes too late or which occasions too 
great a sacrifice to insure happiness. 

Venus:—death of a near relative or dear 
friend, trouble connected with love or 
marriage. When near the second pha¬ 
lanx of the thumb:—a love affair which 
embitters the whole life. 







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MO UNTS WITH SIGNS. 


TRIANGLE UPON MOUNT. 

Jupiter:—diplomatic ability. 

Luna :—scientific bent of imagination. 

Mars:—excellence in military tactics. 

Mercury:—shrewdness in politics, or skill 
in a learned profession. 

Saturn :—special taste for mesmerism, mys¬ 
ticism and kindred subjects. 

Sun :—taste for scientific art, (architecture, 

, sculpture.) 

Venus:—prudence in love, calculation in 
marriage. 



PALM. 


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PART V.—THE PALM. 

COLOR. 

Pink or mottled:—sanguine temperament, 
cheerfulness, vivacity. 

Red:—quick temper. Very red:—violent 
temper, danger of apoplexy. 

White, never varying in color:—egotism, 
selfishness, lack of sympathy. 

Yellow :—morbidity, melancholy, bilious¬ 
ness. 

DIFFERENCES. 

left (The) is the passive hand and shows 
mental capacity, bent of mind, and talents 
born with one. 

right (The) is the active hand and shows the 
use made of the capabilities. 

A person whose left palm shows a more 
favorable development of mounts and 
greater regularity of lines than the right, 
has a passive nature and will be more or 
less assisted in his career. 

A person whose right palm shows a more 
favorable development of mounts and 
greater regularity of lines than the left, 
has an active nature and his success de¬ 
pends upon personal merit and endeavor. 


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PALM. 


SKIN. 

Health or illness is often indicated by the 
condition of the skin of the hand. 

Cold and damp, it signifies liver complaint. 

Cold, dry and crackly:—derangement of 
the nerves. 

Hot and dry:—tendency to fevers. 

Hot and damp :—tendency to consumption. 

Soft and cool:—good health. 

Soft and satin like:—tendency to rheuma- 

• tism and gout. 

THICKNESS. 

Thick, hard hands denote good health, ma¬ 
terial desires. 

Thick, soft hands denote selfishness, indo¬ 
lence. 

Thin and hard :—narrow mindedness, avar¬ 
ice. 

Thin and soft:—delicacy of constitution. 

WIDTH. 

Broad :—generosity and liberal views. Ex¬ 
cessively broad as well as thick :—vicious 
imagination, violent temper, deceit. 

Narrow:—an unenergetic, weak nature. 



PLAIN OF MAPS. 


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PLAIN OF MARS. 

The Plain of Mars occupies the middle or 
hollow of the palm, and includes both 
The Quadrangle and The Triangle. 

High, it denotes aggressiveness, daring. 
Hollow:—misfortune, failure in enterprise. 
Low :—a peaceful disposition. 

THE OUADRANGLE. 

The Quadrangle is the space found be¬ 
tween the Lines of Head and Heart. 

Free from little lines, it denotes a calm, 
tranquil nature. 

Full of little lines or crosses, it denotes an 
irritable, restless nature. 

Mystic Cross (The) found in the middle of 
The Quadrangle detached from any line, 
signifies religious tendencies. Very large 
(if found in both hands):—bigotry, hal¬ 
lucination. 

Narrow, The Quadrangle denotes narrow 
views, conventionality. To excess:— 
bigotry, injustice, prejudice, deceit. With 


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QUADRANGLE . 


poorly traced Hepatica:—asthma, hay 
fever. With excessively developed 
Mount Jupiter:—fanaticism. 

Narrow,' because the Heart Line descends 
toward the Head Line:—egotism, inabil¬ 
ity to see anything from another’s point 
of view. 

Narrow, because the Head Line ascends 
toward the Heart Line :—timidity, irreso¬ 
lution. With red lines, developed Mount 
Mars and short Heart Line:—critical 
judgment of other’s faults, cruelty. 

Wide and regular in the middle, somewhat 
wider at the Percussion, and not crossed 
by many lines:—a straightforward, hon¬ 
est, trustworthy character, tolerant views, 
loyalty in friendship and affection. 

wide (Abnormally) its entire length:—un¬ 
conventionality, imprudence, extrava¬ 
gance, lax views of morality and religion. 


TRIANGLE. 


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THE TRIANGLE. 

The Triangle is formed by the lines of 
Life, Head, and Hepatica. With no 
Hepatica in the palm, the Sun Line takes 
its place. With no Sun Line, the Fate 
Line takes its place. In either case, the 
Triangle is much contracted. 

Large and regular in its formation it de¬ 
notes broad views, courageous disposi¬ 
tion, and good health. 

Reduced in size, because formed by the 
Lines of Life, Head, and Sun:—narrow 
views perhaps, but decided talent and 
success. 

Small and badly formed, it denotes ignor¬ 
ance, avarice, meanness. 

The Fate Line divides the Triangle into 
two angles: The Greater, and The 
Lesser. 

With both angles well formed in a child’s 
hand, he may be successfully educated to 
any learned profession. With one angle 
missing, a pursuit demanding physical ac¬ 
tivity should be chosen to insure success. 


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THUMB. 


PART VI.—THE THUMB. 


The Thumb properly belongs under the 
Division Chirognomy, but is equally im¬ 
portant in connection with the study of 
Chiromancy. The weak will and vacil¬ 
lation signified by a short or dispropor- 
tioned thumb, detract much from the tal¬ 
ents and success indicated in the palm, 
while the characteristic perseverance and 
determination signified by a long or well 
proportioned thumb, counterbalance 
many weaknesses and defects indicated 
elsewhere in the hand. 

PHALANGES. 

The thumb has three phalanges: 

First or nail phalanx, which represents will 
power. 

Second phalanx, which represents the un¬ 
derstanding, logic, and reason. 

Third phalanx, which is considered a part 
of the palm and is explained under the 
heading “Mount Venus.” 



THUMB. 


111 


PHALANGES (continued). 

The First Phalanx. 

Broad :—unreasonableness, obstinacy. 

Flat:—calm nature, reasonable disposition. 

Long:—determined will, capacity for tak¬ 
ing the initiative. Abnormally long:— 
despotism. 

Short:—weak will, endless incertitude, 
moral indifference. 

Slender:—refinement. 

Thick and full (club-shaped):—ungovern¬ 
able passion, brutality. 

The Second Phalanx. 

Full, thick:—a material nature, govern¬ 
ment by physical force. 

Flat:—weak or false logic. 

Long:—keen perception, sound logic, good 
judgment. Abnormally long:—verbos¬ 
ity, tendency toward discursive argu¬ 
ment. 

Short:—weak logic used by fits and starts. 

Short and broad:—gross instincts, material 
desires. 

Waist shaped:—impulsiveness, tact, gov¬ 
ernment through mental force. 




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THUMB 


PHALANGES (continued). 

Length of Phalanges. 

Equal (thumb long):—strong, reliable 

character, disposition to rule rather than 
to obey. 

Equal (thumb of medium length) :—reason¬ 
able, logical character, no desire to domi¬ 
nate others. 

Equal (thumb short):—lack of self confi¬ 
dence, indecision. 

longer (First) than second:—decided opin¬ 
ions, strong will, recklessness, inability to 
argue, convictions stronger than judg¬ 
ment. 

If also broad:—unreasonableness, obsti¬ 
nacy. 

longer (Second) than first:—reasonable but 
undecided character, lack of self confi¬ 
dence, a disposition to argue rather than 
to act, to promise rather than to perform. 
PLIANCY. 

Firmly jointed thumbs denote caution, se¬ 
cretiveness, determination and tenacity, 
affection without demonstration, charity 
which helps one to help himself. To ex¬ 
cess :—stubbornness. 



THUMB. 


113 

PLIANCY (continued). 

Loosely jointed thumbs denote generosity, 
adaptability, prodigal charity, liability to 
promise more than one can perform, less 
keenness of moral consciousness than is 
signified by firmly jointed thumbs. 
POSITION. 

Curved inward toward the fingers:—avar¬ 
ice (partially counterbalanced by a slop¬ 
ing Head Line.) 

Curved outward from the fingers:—gener¬ 
osity. To excess:—a disposition to 
spend money before it is earned. 

High set:—lack of adaptability, meanness. 

Low set:—intelligence, generosity. 

right angles (At) to the hand:—capricious, 
independent nature, intolerance of re¬ 
straint. 

Straight:—prudence, good sense. 

VARIETIES. 

Broad :—strong partisanship, obstinacy. 

Broad and short:—fitful, violent temper, 
gross instincts. 

Large:—promptings of the heart subordi¬ 
nated to those of the head, reflection, self 
reliance, independence, trustworthiness. 



THUMB. 


114 

VARIETIES (continued). 

Long, well proportioned:—strength of in¬ 
tellect, justice, power to control others. 

Short:—lack of self confidence and energy, 
wavering disposition, inability to keep a 
secret. 

Slender:—refined tastes. 

Small:—artistic tastes, sentiment, tendency 
to coquetry, irresolute mind in matters 
which require reasoning power and not 
sentiment. 

Thick and heavy:—use of physical force in 
carrying out a purpose. 


THE END. 



CHART TO BE USED IN READING HANDS. 

(Check Observations Made and Refer to Text.) 


FINGERS. 

Page. 


INTERSTICES .1. 

with 

without 

JOINTS .1, 2. 


both developed 
first developed 
second developed 
smooth 

LENGTH (proportionate)_2. 

equal 

long 

short 

LENGTH (relative).3. 

index long, short 
middle long, short 
third long, short 
fourth long, short 

PHALANGES.3, 4. 

First 

long, short 
flat, full 
Second 
long, short 
Third 

long short 
thick, slender 

VARIETIES .4, 5. 

stiff and straight 
stiff and contracted 
supple, bending back 
supple, curling toward the 
palm 

twisted or crooked 

FINGER NAILS. 

COLOR .5. 

blue 

dark toned 

pale 

pink 

red 

white 

VARIETIES .C, 7. 

almond-shaped 

brittle 

broader than long 
filbert-shaped 
flat, blue 

flat, much sunken 
flecked with spots 


VARIETIES (Cont’d.) 

large Page, 

long 

long, narrow 
long, thick 
round 

round and rough 
short 

short from biting 
short, flat 
short, fluted 
small 

square and short 

strong 

thin 

triangle-shaped 


HAND. 

CONSISTENCY .8-9. 

firm 

hard 

soft 

very hard 
very soft 

SIZE .9. 

average 

large 

small 

TYPE .10-14. 


Conic or Artistic 
Elementary or Necessary 
Mixed 

Philosophic or Knotty 
Psychic or Idealistic 
Spatulate or Active 
Square or Useful 

LINES. 

CHILD LINE.16, 17. 

broad 

fine or narrow 

islanded 

leaning 

long 

short 

wavy 

FATE LINE.18-21. 

absent 

chained 

cork screw (Resembling a) 

double 

irregular 

leaving normal position 














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FATE LINE (Cont’d-.) 
long 
short 

strongly traced (More), etc. 

twisted 

wavy 

ATTENDED .21-23. 

absorbed by a line (And) 
united with a line (And) 
united with a line (But not) 
BRANCHES ASC’ND’G. .23. 
Heart Line (To the) 

Mercury (To Mount) 

Sun (To Mount) 
BRANCHES DESC’ND’G. .23. 

BROKEN .23, 24. 

Plain of Mars (In The) 
repeatedly 

COMMENCING .24, 25. 

Head Line (At the) 

Heart Line (At the) 

Life Line (At the) 

Luna (On Mount) 

Plain of Mars (In The) 
Quadrangle (In The) 
Rascette (Below The) 

Venus (On Mount) 
CROSSED BY A LINE.25, 26. 
Curving downward 
Head Line (From the) 

Heart Line (From the) 

Luna (From Mount) 

Mars (From Mount) 

Venus (From Mount) 


FORKED .26. 

SIGNS (With).26-28. 

cross 
island 
spot 
square 
s tar 

TERMINATING . 28, 29. 

faggot (In a) 
fork (In a) 


Head Line (At the) 

Heart Line (At the) 
island (In an) 

Saturn (On Mount) 
star (In a) 

Sun (On Mount) 

GIRDLE .29 31 

broken 

clearly traced 
crossed 

leaving normal course 
pale 


HEAD LINE. 

absent 

absorbing Heart Line 
attended 

chained or linked 
cutting through Heart L. 
descending to Life L. 
double 

faintly traced 
formed, 

of confused lines 
of islands, etc. 
of short lines 
high in the palm 
knotted 

low in the palm 
pale 

parallel to Life Line 
split 

turning back 
unequal in width 
wavy or tortuous 
BRANCHES ASC’ND’G. .34. 
Heart Line (The) 

Jupiter (The finger of) 
Jupiter (Mount) 

Mercury (Mount) 

Saturn (Mount) 

Sun (Mount) 

BRANCHES DESC’ND’G. .35. 
in great numbers 
Life Line (To the) 

Venus (To Mount) 

BROKEN ..35. 

Saturn (Under Mount) 
sections (In) 

Sun (Under Mount) 

COMMENCING .35-36. 

curve (In a) 
fork (In a) 
island (In an) 

Jupiter (Upon Mount) 

Life Line (At the) 

Life Line (Away from the) 
Mars (On Lower Mount) 
outside of the hand (On the) 
Saturn (Under Mount) 
CROSSED BY 

SHORT LINES. 37. 

at several points 
commencement (At the) 
middle (In the) 
termination (At the) 
CURVING TOWARD 

HEART LINE ....37, 38. 
crossing it (And) 
falling to Life Line (Then) 
mingling with it 













CURVING TOWARD 

HEART LINE (Cont’d.) 
Saturn (Under Mount) 
termination (At the) 


FORKED AT THE.....38, 39. 
commencement 
termination 

JOINED TO THE.39, 40. 

Heart Line 


Head and Life Lines 


Hepatica 
Life Line 

LONG .40. 

SHORT .40-41. 

SIGNS (With).41-44. 


circle 

cross 

depressions 

island 

spot 

square 

star 

triangle 


SLOPING .44. 

Luna (To Mount) 
wrist (To the) 

STRAIGHT .45. 

but curved on Mt. Mars, 
then sloping 

HEART LINE .45-47. 


absent 

broad and pale 
chained or jagged 
double 

high in palm 
long and thin 
low in palm 
mingling with Head L. 

BRANCHES .47, 48. 

ascending 

curved 

descending (All) 
descending to Mt. Luna 
few in number or absent 
many in number 


BROKEN .48. 

in general 
repeatedly 

COMMENCING .48-50. 


Head Line (In a curve 
from) 

high in palm 
index finger (Upon the) 
Jupiter (Upon Mount) 
Jupiter and Saturn (Be¬ 
tween) 


Saturn (Upon Mount) 


CROSSED .50. 

by short lines 

FORKED .50. 

MINOR LINES .50. 


curved line to Mt. Luna, 
deep line to a break in the 
Fate Line. 

perpendicular line to 
Mount Luna. 

SIGNS (With).51. 

circle 

cross 

island 

scar 

spot 

s tcir 

TERMINATING .61, 52. 

branches (Without) 
chain (In a distinct) 
curve (In a) 

encircling Mount Mercury 


HEPATICA .52-55. 

absent 

attended 

clear, unbroken 

formed of islands 

imperfectly traced 

joined to Life Line 

pale 

red, 

near the Head Line 
near the Heart Line 
strongly traced as the 
Life Line, 
thick and short 
twisted 

varying in color 
wavy 

BRANCHES ASCENDING TO 

. 55. 

Jupiter 

Sun 

BROKEN . 55. 

in general 
repeatedly 

CROSSED .55. 

by many short lines 

FORKED .55, 56. 

forming a triangle with the 
Head L. on Mt. Mars, 
upon Mount Mercury 

WITH SIGNS.56. 

cross 

island 

star 
























INFLUENCE LINE 57-59. 

branch to Mt. Luna (With) 
containing an island 
curving from Life L. 
crossing Life L. 
fading out 

fading out but reappearing 
forking, 

at commencement 
at termination 
joining a cross line 
many in number 
retreating toward thumb 
touching Life L. 

INTUITION LINE .59. 

clearly traced 
commencing in an island 


LIFE LINE .co 03 . 

broad and pale 
chained 

close to the thumb 

curved inward at any point. 

deeply traced 

double 

fluted 

leaving its normal course 
long, clearly traced 
narrow, meagre 
red in color 
short 

Sister Line (With a) 
swinging out in a great 
circle. 

varying in breadth and 
depth. 

BRANCHES ASCENDING.63. 
Head Line (To the) 

In general 
Jupiter (To Mount) 

Mars (To Lower Mount) 
Mercury (To Mount) 

Saturn (To Mount) 

Sun (To Mount) 

BRANCH DESCENDING 

A .64. 

curve (In a wide) 
spot (From a black) 
star (To a) 

BROKEN .64, 65. 

bar across ends (With a) 
both hands (In) 
joined to Fate Line (But) 
one hand only (In) 
repeatedly 
square (Within a) 


COMMENCING .65. 

fork (In a confused) 
fork (in a plain) 

Jupiter (Upon Mount) 

CROSSED BY.65. 

hair lines 

Head Line (A line from) 
Heart Line (A line from) 
Mars (A line from Upper) 
Mars (A line from Plain of) 
short lines (Many) 
thumb (A deep line from) 


JOINED TO HEAD LINE..66. 
SEPARATED FROM 

HEADLINE.67. 


connected by branches (But) 
connected by crosses (But) 
moderately 
widely 

SIGNS (With) .67-69. 

circle 
ci oss 
island 
spot 
square 

star 

TERMINATING.69, 70. 

cross bar (At a) 
fork (In a) 
parallel lines (With) 
spot (In a) 

Tassel (In a) 


MARS LINE .71. 

MARRIAGE LINE - 71, 72. 

distinctly traced 
faintly traced 
straight, unbroken 


BRANCH (With a).73. 

ascending 

descending 

BROKEN .73. 

in general 
repeatedly 

CROSSED BY A.73-74. 


horizontal or curved line 
line from Lower Mars 
line from finger of Mercury 
short line forming a cross 

CURVING .74. 

downward 

upward 

TERMINATING IN A..74, 75. 
drooping £ork 
long fork 
plain fork 

short, straight fork 















83. 


MARRIAGE LINE (Cont’d.) 


WITH SIGNS .75. 

cross 

island 

spot 

star 

RASCETTE .76. 


chained 
clearly traced 
arching in the middle 
WITH A LINE TO 
Mount Jupiter 
Mount Saturn 
Mount Sun 
WITH SIGNS 
an angle 
a cross 


RING OF SATURN ....77. 
RING OF SOLOMON 77. 


SUN LINE .78, 79. 

absent 

clearly traced 
deeply traced 
faintly traced 
long 

BRANCHES .79. 

BROKEN .79. 

in general 
repeatedly 

COMMENCING.80, 81. 


Fate Line (At the) 

Head Line (At the) 

Heart Line (At the) 

Life Line (At the) 

Luna (On Mount) 

Percussion (At the) 

Plain of Mars (In the) 

Venus (On Mount) 

CROSSED BY .81. 

Girdle of Venus 
many short lines 
Marriage Line (The) 

Mars (A line from Mount) 
Mars (A line from Plain of) 
Mercury (A line from) 
Saturn (A line from Mount) 

INFLUENCED OR ATTEND¬ 
ED WITH A LINE..82. 
parallel (Which is) 

Venus or Luna (From Mt.) 


SIGNS (With) 
cross 
island 
spot 
square 
s t-cir 

TERMINATING IN A.83. 

circle 

faggot 

TRAVEL LINES . S4. 

crossing each other 
double, converging toward 
Mount, Saturn, 
joining Fate Line 
parallel to each other 

TERMINATING .84. 

curve (In a downward) 
curve (In an upward) 
Jupiter (Upon Mount) 

Life Line (At the) 

Mercury (Upon Mount) 
Saturn (Upon Mount) 

Sun (Upon Mount) 

VENUSIAN LINES 85,90. 

Jupiter (To Mount) 

Luna (To Mount) 

Mars (To Mount) 

Mercury (To Mount) 

Saturn (To Mount) 

Sun (To Mount) 
with relation to Lines of 
Fate 
Head 
Heart 
Life 

Marriage 

Sun 

VIA LASCIVA .91. 

clearly traced 
crossing Life Line 

MOUNTS .92. 

Jupiter 

absent 

normal 

prominent 

Luna 

absent 

normal 

prominent 

Mars 

absent 

normal 

prominent 














MOUNTS (Cont’d.) 

Mercury 

absent 

normal 

prominent 

Saturn 

absent 

normal 

prominent 

Sun 

absent 

normal 

prominent 

Venus 

absent 

normal 

prominent 

MOUNTS WITH LINES 

.96-99. 

Jupiter with 
capillary cross lines 
confused lines 
many short, upright lines 
one line 
Luna with, 
capillary cross lines 
many, short lines 
one deep line, crossed 
Mars with, 
capillary cross lines 
deep cross lines 
many lines 

oblique line to Saturn 
Mercury with, 
capillary cross lines 
diagonal lines 
many, short lines 
one line 

two or more, deep lines 
Saturn with, 
capillary cross lines 
many tangled lines 
one line 
Sun with, 

capillary cross lines 
many tangled lines 
cne line 

two parallel lines 
Venus with, 
many lines 
many lines crossed 
no lines 
one, deep line 


MOUNTS WITH SIGNS 

.100-104. 

CIRCLE 

upon Mount Sun 
upon any other mount 

CROSS UPON MOUNT 
Jupiter 
Luna 
Mars 
Mercury 
Saturn 
Sun 
Venus 

GRILLE UPON MOUNT 
Jupiter 
Luna 
Mars 
Mercury 
Saturn 
Sun 
Venus 

ISLAND UPON MOUNT 
Jupiter 
Luna 
Mars 
Mercury 
Saturn 
Sun 
Venus 

SPOT UPON MOUNT 
Jupiter 
Luna 
Mars 
Mercury 
Sun 

SQUARE 

Mars (In Plain of) 

Venus (Upon Mount) 

STAR UPON MOUNT 
Jupiter 
Luna 
Mars 
Mercury 
Saturn 
Sun 
Venus 

TRIANGLE UPON MOUNT 
Jupiter 
Luna 
Mars 
Mercury 
Saturn 
Sun 
Venus 




PALM • ....105. 

COLOR 

pink 

red 

white 

yellow 

DIFFERENCES 
left more favorable 
right more favorable 
THICKNESS 
thick, hard hands 
thick, soft hands 
thin, hard hands 
thin, soft hands 
WIDTH 
broad 
narrow 

PLAIN OF MARS. 107. 

high 

hollow 

low 

QUADRANGLE ••••107, 108. 

free from lines 
full of lines 
narrow 
wide 

TRIANGLE .109. 

large and regular 
reduced in size 
small, badly formed 

THUMB (phalanges of) ..110. 

First, 

broad 


flat 

long 

short 

slender 

thick 

Second, 

flat 

full 

long 

short 

short and broad 
waist shaped 

LENGTH OF PHALANGES 

. 112 . 

equal, 

thumb long 
thumb medium 
thumb short 
longer (First) 
longer (Second) 


PLIANCY .112. 

firmly jointed 
loosely jointed 

POSITION .113. 


curved inward 
curved outward 
high set 
low set 

right angles (At) 
straight 

VARIETIES .113, 114. 

broad 

large 

long 

short 

slender 

small 

thick and heavy 
























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